Also, Red Crescent teams are helping other displaced families find accommodation and are providing them with food baskets. At least 12,000 displaced people have until now received food baskets and 500 children were provided with milk.
Volunteers carrying out relief operations are supported in their missions by Red Crescent psychosocial support teams, first aid teams and awareness teams to advocate about the prevention of communicable diseases among displaced people. Ambulances as well as mobile clinics have also been made available to support Red Crescent volunteers and staff in their missions; to treat injuries and to transport cases that require urgent medical attention to nearby hospitals.
Dr Ali Majid, the head of the health department at the Iraqi Red Crescent Society, said: “A large number of displaced people got injured after walking for hours to reach safe areas, and many of them suffer traumas. They need first aid services and psychosocial support. Many people require some kind of medical treatment as well.”
He added: “More than 10,000 people have so far received psychosocial support, and we will continue to deliver health and medical services to respond to the rising needs.”
The Iraqi Red Crescent Society expects the number of people displaced from Shirqat to increase in the coming months if fighting persists in the city, and along with it the scale of challenges.
(Source: IFRC)
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