Newborn Named Estonia After Delivery Doctors
The parents of a baby girl born in earthquake-hit Pakistan have named her
“This is the kindest gift we could imagine being given - to have a Pakistani child who was born in our tent named after our country,” Tauno Suurkivi, head of the Estonian rescue team in Battagram said in an email sent from Pakistan.
On Saturday, eight Estonian rescue officials put up a huge medical tent in the devastated town. By the following day, nearly 1,500 patients had already been treated in the facility. Six Estonian doctors have performed several difficult operations in their field hospital, including helping to deliver several babies, three by Caesarean section, Suurkivi said. “The number of victims is huge and the need for medical assistance is increasing all the time. The situation in Battagram district is stabilising, but some areas are still isolated from the outside world and the only chance to get aid there and get victims out is through helicopters,” Suurkivi said. “There is a lack of sterile materials and other medical equipment we consider normal, and a big need to provide tents, food and medical aid for people who have lost their homes and are located in the areas which are hard to reach due to the destroyed roads.”
Estonia sent a team of 16 rescuers to Pakistan to help with medical aid after an earthquake.
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October 23rd, 2005 at 10:41 pm
A baby named “Estonia”… how wonderful. This is the best news I’ve heard out of Pakistan for some time now!!! Allah bless her with a beautiful life and a bright future.