Following a request from India, Israel is sending a entire field hospital including a team of doctors, medical staff, and medical equipment.
An Israeli aid mission, numbering about 150 personnel, will depart
this afternoon in five Israeli Air Force aircraft to
the area of the recent earthquake in Western India. Following an
Indian request, Israel is dispatching a entire field hospital, which
includes a team of doctors, medical staff, and medical equipment.
Israeli President Moshe Katzav, Prime Minister Ehud Barak, and
Foreign Minister Shlomo Ben-Ami have sent messages to the Government
of India, expressing Israel's condolences, and its readiness to
extend all possible assistance.
The Israeli Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem, and the Israeli Embassy in
New Delhi and coordinating the arrival of the Israeli aid effort to
the area of Bhuj, in the Indian state of Gujarat, which is the region
most effected by the earthquake. The Israeli Ambassador to India,
David Afek, and the Consul-General in Bombay, Dov Segev-Steinberg
will receive the Israeli aid mission in the area of the disaster, and will
provide the necessary local coordination for the deployment of the
field hospital.
Published by Israel's Business Arena on January 29, 2001.