Rohingya Camp Fire Eyewitness Account: 11 Deaths, 300 Missing
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On the 21st March, our Doctors Worldwide team was in the Camp 9 Clinic in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, visiting IOM colleagues to discuss our emergency care project. Less than 24 hours later, on the 22nd March, the entire structure and surrounding area had been destroyed by a devastating fire.
The Rohingya Camp Fire: “just call if you start sending anyone, we are ready.”
Hours after the starting of the fire, our phones were flooded with messages and updates of the large, well-organised response at hand by Rohingya and Bangladeshi first responders, ready to support their colleagues for what was at the time an unknown understanding of the scale of injuries and deaths they may be responding to. Our Bangladeshi colleagues – of those we’ve previously trained and continue to stay in touch with – sent supporting messages to each other in our Whatsapp group: “just call if you start sending anyone, we are ready
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IOM and Doctors Worldwide Conclude 9-Month Training for Medical Practitioners in Cox’s Bazar
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Cox’s Bazar – Health emergencies take place daily in Cox’s Bazar district and nearby refugee camps, affecting people of all ages and spanning all types of injuries and infections, heart attacks and strokes, pregnancy-related complications and chronic diseases.
This week, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the UK-based medical charity Doctors Worldwide concluded “Doctors Worldwide Improving Care in Health Emergencies” (DICE), a nine-month programme hosting 60 medical practitioners in 10 Cox’s Bazar health facilities.
Supported by the European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations (ECHO), the DICE programme aims to strengthen the quality of care provided at the emergency care level, particularly within 24/7 primary care facilities acting as first responders in acute cases and emergencies.