Communications with Physicians Across Continents (PAC)

Sent: May 26, 2015

Physicians Across Continents (PAC),

We have been in contact with the Dr. Abdulnasser Alwali (+967733791544), who is the Chairman of the Higher Medical Public Committee in Aden (HMPCA), the South of Yemen regional appointed health authority: Aden, Lahij, Al Dhale'e, Abyan, Shabwah, Hadramaut, and Al Mahara governorates. He has informed us that there are 366 patients in Aden with severe injuries that need urgent medical evacuation (see PDF file #4). Recently, with the help of your team who are on the ground in Aden, HMPCA was able to safely evacuate 27 critically wounded patients across sea to Djibouti. However, they still desperately need your assistance for those remaining patients.

Furthermore, they continue to report a severe shortage in essential medicine and supplies in a number of overwhelmed health facilities. And I have attached their most recent needs assessment report for you to review as well (see PDF files #1, 2, and 3).

Therefore, please circulate this information to your regional representatives as well as your partners. More importantly, we hope that you will collaborate with HMPCA in order to ensure the most timely and effective relief effort in that region. And there is a Facebook Page where you can find health related updates and information from HMPCA: www.facebook.com/hmpcaden

Thank you for your time and we appreciate all your support.

Yours Respectfully,
Omran Alsalahi
M.D. candidate at Eastern Virginia Medical School
M.S. in Biomedical Sciences
Graduate Certificate in Global Medicine
330.221.0063
Alsalaoh@evms.edu