When I get back to Hong Kong, I will give myself a toast for what I have done January 10, 2005 (Aceh) Although I have taken part in several MSF missions, this is the first time that I have worked in an operation of such scale and urgency. Although I was psychologically prepared for a tough mission...
"Expect for the worst, it is ok if you want to leave anytime." January 7, 2005 (Aceh) Few hours after I arrived at MSF's temporary office in Jakarta, I was joined by 15 other MSF relief workers from Norway, Italy, Belgium and Germany. They are from both medical and non-medical background including...
One of the primary tasks for the MSF staff is to improve the sanitation in the hospital, which was described by the exploratory team as 'appalling' An MSF surgical team has started working in Sigli General District Hospital. Sigli, the capital of Pidie district on the eastern coast of Aceh, is an...
Banda Aceh, the impression it gives me is, a face with uncountable scars and scratches, and a body too weak to function normally again January 5, 2005 (Banda Aceh) It's been five days since we first arrived Aceh. In the past few days, I have been working non-stop in the mobile medical center. We...
We kindly request the Hong Kong public to donate to the MSF worldwide Medical Relief Fund Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) in Hong Kong has received an extraordinary outpouring of support for its emergency medical work in the wake of the tsunami. The organization has raised more than HKD 17 million...
MSF Teams can reach remote coastal areas by sea Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) and Greenpeace are working together to bring desperately needed medical aid to survivors of last week¡¦s earthquake. Greenpeace's "Rainbow Warrior", with MSF aid workers on board, docked Medan, Indonesia this morning...
Nurse Ms Elaine Lau Wan Ling gives a full account of their rescue work January 3, 2005 (Banda Aceh) January 1 morning, I left Hong Kong for Jakarta, Indonesia, together with another volunteer relief worker Mr Albert Ko Wing Yin. We were then aboard a cargo plane carrying medical supplies and some...
Including Indonesia, Sri Lanka & Burma Indonesia The MSF team report that 60% of the town of Banda Aceh is destroyed. The town is divided in two parts by the main road, and many survivors from the lower, coastal side of town have fled to higher grounds on the other side of the road. People make...
To Bring Urgent Medical Aid to Sumatra, Indonesia The medical aid organisation Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) and Greenpeace are working together to bring desperately needed medical aid to survivors of last week's earthquake. The Greenpeace flagship "Rainbow Warrior" and its crew of 19 will...
Including 120 kilos of rice to a population of 1.500 people In addition to its three medical teams in Banda Aceh, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) yesterday also brought a mobile clinic to the remote coastal town of Lhok Timon. The team was dropped by the MSF helicopter with materials for medical...
