Australian Broadcasting Corporation radio interview with Australian volunteer Dr Nicholas Lawson who has been at the Pakistan region of the Asian earthquake since arriving just days afterward the quake struck. Read more
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A 7min 33sec interview with MSF Head of Mission in Pakistan, Isabelle Simpson, from ABC Radio (Australia). Specific information on the situation there and MSF plans for activity in the region.
Listen to three BBC radio accounts from Jan Peter Stellema, MSF Project Coordinator who, with two other MSF volunteers, was in the Pakistan village of Lamnian which was levelled in the earthquake. He talks of the situation in the field today and the immediate needs being faced by the people there.
3rd audio file: RealPlayer only - Oct 9:Jan Peter Stellema interview
People absolutely are not going back inside what is left of their houses because they are afraid...Every hour we have aftershocks... As we speak, I know there is cargo on the way. There is a whole team of surgeons, doctors, nurses and logisticians arriving tomorrow... There is a huge plane with cargo coming.
2nd audio file: Oct 9: Windows MediaRealplayer
During normal situations, this is quite a difficult area to reach but now it has become almost impossible... There are 60 children plus their teacher who have all died. Children from age 10 to 16. They have all died. Nobody survived... I think the fatalities are enormous.
1st audio file: Oct. 8: Eyewitness account: Windows MediaReal Player
Around me all the houses are destroyed... These are harsh living conditions and the winter will be coming soon. This is not a good situation at all... It will be extremely difficult to get help. It has to come through the air. The biggest needs are water, shelter, blankets, medical supplies.
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