| Project | Emergency Response |
| Objectives | Provide an Emergency Response Unit (ERU) field hospital as well as medication, to support the Sabah State Health Department’s efforts in the emergency response in Lahad Datu |
| Project Partners | • Ministry of Health Malaysia • Sabah Health Department • Malaysia Airlines • Malaysia Civil Defense |
| Activities | Field Hospital |
| Locations | Felda Sahabat , Lahad Datu , Sabah |
| Period | 14 March – 29 March 2013 |
| Accomplishments | Emergency Rescue Unit activation to accommodate 25 patients |
BACKGROUND
The 2013 Lahad Datu standoff arose after 235 Filipino militants, some of whom were armed, arrived by boat in Lahad Datu, Sabah, Malaysia from Simunul island, Tawi-Tawi in the southern Philippines on 11 February 2013.
MERCY MALAYSIA’S EFFORTS
MERCY Malaysia deployed seven volunteers including two staff members and five Emergency Response Unit (ERU) members to provide logistical support to the Sabah State Health Department in response to their request. The team worked together with the state health department to provide support and to help increase the capacity of the local rural health clinic located at Pusat Kesihatan Felda Sahabat. MERCY Malaysia built up ERU in-patient module to accommodate up to 50 patients.
The team attended the cluster meetings from the health department and various response team. The team managed to accommodate more than 25 patients in the medical tent. The mission ended on March 2 2013.