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    Medical Teams International is preparing to airlift two emergency medical kits worth $900,000 to the Philippines to provide medicines and supplies for 20,000 people affected by recent disasters for three months. They are also sending a two-person medical team to Indonesia to help relief efforts there. The organization requests donations to support their ongoing relief work in the Philippines and Indonesia.

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    Marlene
Minor



    503‐624‐1007
































































































    Medical
Teams
International
Continues
Aid
to
Families
in
Philippines,

    Indonesia

    (PORTLAND,
Ore.
–
Oct.
5,
2009)
Medical
Teams
International
is
preparing
today
to

    airlift
two
emergency
medical
health
kits
valued
at
$900,000
for
the
Philippines.


    The
medical
kits
provide
emergency
medicines
and
supplies
for
10,000
people
for

    three
months.

    Tammy
Teske
announced
the
deployment
of
the
first
health
kit
to
Manila
last
week.


    Today,
the
Portland‐based
health
agency
is
preparing
a
second
kit
to
treat
an

    additional
10,000
people
for
three
months,
said
Teske,
Medical
Team
International’s

    manager
of
emergency
relief.


    If
clearances
are
approved,
both
kits
will
be
shipped
from
Holland
to
the
Philippines

    this
week,
said
Teske.

The
kits
will
be
distributed
through
partners
Food
for
the

    Hungry
and
Christian
Reformed
World
Relief
to
provide
much
needed
medicines
to

    affected
communities


    “We
still
are
on
stand‐by
to
send
emergency
medical
teams
if
they
are
needed
to

    relieve
doctors
and
nurses
who
are
caring
for
600,000
people
living
in
evacuation

    camps,”
Teske
added.

    In
Indonesia,
Medical
Teams
International
is
working
with
its
partner,
MAP

    International,
to
help
send
in
a
two‐person
medical
team
in
the
Pariaman
District,

    just
outside
of
Padang,
Indonesia.
Physician
Thomas
Barry,
from
New
York
City,
NY,

    and
Physician
Assistant
Fred
Hesser,
from
Babb,
Mont.,
who
worked
in
Indonesia

    after
the
tsunami
in
2004,
have
confirmed
they
can
leave
immediately
for

    Indonesia’s
disaster
zone.

    To
help
support
these
disaster
relief
efforts
with
Medical
Teams
International,

    please
make
an
immediate,
secure
gift,
please
go
to
www.medicalteams.org.

Or
call,

    1(800)959‐HEAL.

Or
send
your
contribution
to:

P.O.
Box
10,
Portland,
OR
97207‐
    0010.



    Founded
in
1979,
Medical
Teams
International
has
deployed
nearly
2,000
volunteer

    teams
and
shipped
more
than
$1.3
billion
in
antibiotics,
surgical
kits
and
lifesaving

    medicines
to
care
for
35
million
people
in
100
countries.

    ###

    14150
SW
Milton
Ct.

•
Tigard,
OR
97224
•
(503)
624‐1000
•
FAX
(503)
624‐1001



    www.medicalteams.org


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