1 July 2011– MERCY Malaysia has donated RM45,000 worth of orthopedic equipment to the Tataouine Regional Hospital recently after a 15-day mission to provide orthopedic surgery support for Libyan war casualties in eastern Tunisia.

 “The team –consisting of one orthopedic surgeon, one anaesthetist, two nurses and two MERCY Malaysia staff- safely returned on 26 June. The regional hospital has now set up a referral system to forward cases to other better equipped private hospitals in other cities, and they have increased the number of doctors in their services. As such we saw little need to stay any longer”, said MERCY Malaysia President Dato’ Dr. Ahmad Faizal Mohd Perdaus.

In addition to their role at the hospital, the team also supported the Tunisia Red Crescent dispensary and treated 62 cases there, the recipients being primarily women and children of Libyan temporary asylum-seekers.

“As we have a policy of not sending our teams to areas where active fighting is taking place, we will be closely monitoring the situation in western Libya prior to future team deployments”, he said, adding that MERCY Malaysia is currently exploring various options to continue serving humanitarian needs due to the conflict.

Prior to the recent mission, MERCY Malaysia sent two medical teams to Libya in May and donated RM45,000 worth of equipment to Al-Beyda Hospital and the Benghazi Central Medical Store. 

Concerned individuals and organisations can donate to the MERCY Malaysia General Humanitarian Fund through the following bank accounts:

MAYBANK (account name: MERCY HUMANITARIAN FUND, account number: 5621-7950-4126, ABA Swift Code: MBBEMYKLA), or

CIMB Bank (account name: MERCY Malaysia, account number: 1424-000-6561053, ABA Swift Code: CIBBMYKL).

Donations via cheque are payable to MERCY MALAYSIA

To donate online, please visit www.mercy.org.my