Samaritan’s Purse medical personnel are operating on earthquake victims in a temporary location even as the Emergency Field Hospital is being assembled.
Our Disaster Assistance Response Team began providing surgeries today in Naypyidaw, the capital city of Myanmar, located near the Mandalay region. With nearly 100 patients huddled in a stadium awaiting care, our medical personnel went to work in a nearby structure even before the tents of the Emergency Field Hospital could be put up.
“Speed is critical after a deadly earthquake like the one that rocked Myanmar,” said Franklin Graham, president of Samaritan’s Purse. “We praise God that we are already able to provide surgery even while we are still building the full field hospital. We want every patient to know that God loves them and they are not alone.”
Once fully operational, our Emergency Field Hospital will serve the earthquake-rocked nation with 60 patient beds as well as an emergency room, laboratory, pharmacy, and critical care unit.
Disaster Assistance Response Team members work to set up part of the Emergency Field Hospital.
In addition, a second planeload of supplies will arrive soon with more than 104 tons of relief supplies, six water filtration units, solar lights, blankets, mosquito nets, and other critically needed items.
Myanmar is still reeling from the 7.7-magnitude earthquake that shook Southeast Asia on March 28. Over 3,500 people are confirmed dead with thousands more still missing or injured.
Samaritan’s Purse previously worked in Myanmar in response to Cyclone Nargis in 2008 and with a country office from 2017 to 2022.
Graham said, “Please pray for everyone affected and for our Disaster Assistance Response Team as they serve those who are hurting in Jesus’ Name.”
