Feeling the pain of people stranded in flood-hit areas of Uttarakhand, the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) had announced send a team of medics to provide medical aid.
"The AMU will send a medical team to provide medical aid to the pilgrims and tourists stranded in the flood-hit Uttarakhand. We all deeply mourn the death of pilgrims and share the grief of those who have lost their dears in the tragedy. AMU fully stands by them in their hour of peril",
said Pro-Vice Chancellor, AMU Brig. (Retd.) S Ahmad Ali while addressing a press conference on Saturday.
Giving details regarding the team to be sent for medical aid, Brig. Ali said a Medical Team consisting of ten doctors of different specialties with adequate medicine and other accessories would visit Uttarakhand, which is reeling under the devastating flood, to help the people being rescued and treated in the hospitals of Rudra Prayag and other adjoining places. The medical team will try to reach as far as possible to provide instant medical relief to the
victims.
The Aligarh Muslim University has the history for serving people in distress. It has served by sending medical teams to help the rescued people during Bihar floods in 2008. It also sent humanitarian aid to Gujarat to assist people hit by devastating earthquakes that took place in recent times.
Brig. Ali shared that AMU intends to send National Service Scheme (NSS) volunteers to help the army in rescuing people stranded in different parts of the Uttarakhand. "The need for extending helping hand to those hit by the tragic calamity and express solidarity with the people of ravaged Uttarakhand," he added.
later, the teaching and non-teaching staff of the University had been requested to volunteer their one day salary to the relief fund for helping out the victims of devastating flood in Uttarakhand.
The doctors who have been included in the team are Dr Anjum Parvez, Medicine (Team leader), President, Resident Doctors’ Association (RDA), Dr Murad Ahmed,Secretary, RDA, Dr Mahfooz Alam, Dr. Naved (Pediatrics), Dr Ehsan (Ophthalmology), Dr Tausif (Surgery), etc.