Saudi Arabia sends eight aid planes to Pakistan (From Asian Image)

Saudi Arabia sends eight aid planes to Pakistan

1:39pm Saturday 28th August 2010 in News

Saudi Arabia has sent eight planes loads of relief goods for flood victims that arrived at Chaklala Airbase on Saturday.

Official sources said that eight planes have arrived here at Chaklala Airbase with relief goods for flood victims.

The relief goods received here from Saudi Kingdom include food items, daily use items, 3000 tons of dates and a field hospital.

The planes carried two field hospitals consisting of 200 beds each for flood victims in the province of Sindh and Punjab.

Talking to media persons, Saudi Ambassador to Islamabad, Abdul Aziz Al-Ghadeer said at least 250 Saudi doctors have been deputed at these field hospitals.

He said that the Hospitals are equipped with all basic and latest facilities to provide treatment to flood affected people.

A contingent comprising 130 Saudis was already engaged in rescue operation jointly with Pakistan Army at Hyderabad he added.

Saudi government has already raised $107 million in cash through public campaign for flood victims. “People of Saudi Arabia and the government are working shoulder to shoulder to provide relief to our Muslim brethren facing one of the historic natural disaster,” the Saudi Ambassador said “Provision of food commodities and health facilities to flood affectees is the top priority of our government and it has all ready dispatched remarkable goods for them” the Ambassador said.

He said that these field hospitals will be operational throughout the relief work period. He also said that doctors from Jordan, Lebanon and Saudi Arabia will also come to Pakistan and help in medical and relief operation.

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