Samaritans Purse opens
emergency field hospital
Samaritans Purse
International Christian relief organisation
Samaritan’s Purse is opening an emergency
field hospital in Ukraine. Disaster response
specialists have already been
in Poland,
Romania and Moldova conducting rapid
needs assessments and preparing a strategic
response.
The
hospital,
together with
doctors,
nurses,
and
support
staff,
is providing
specialised trauma care to people impacted
by the conflict. This unit has the capacity to
treat more than 100 patients each day, and
comprises 30 beds, an operating theatre and
an Intensive Care Unit. Two medical clinics
will also be deployed to meet minor trauma
needs and provide general medical care for
200 patients.
