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ICRC SURGICAL ACTIVITIES AROUND THE WORLD

Hat Yai July 2012

Christos Giannou, ICRC Senior Surgeon

ICRC Independent hospitals

• 1979-93 Khao-i-Dang, Thailand (Cambodian conflict)
• 1981-93 Peshawar, Pakistan (Afghan conflict)
• 1983-96 Quetta, Pakistan (Afghan conflict)
• 1982-86 Kab Chern Thailand (Cambodian conflict)
• 1987-2006 Lopiding H., Kenya (Sudan conflict)
• 1988-92

Karte Seh Hospital, Kabul, Afghanistan*

• 1989-91

Berbera H., Somalia*

• 1994

Kigali field hospital, Rwanda

• 1996

Novye Atagui, Chechnya RF

• 1997, 98-99 Netland H., Freetown, Sierra Leone*
• 1999-01 Dili General H., East Timor
• 2005

Banda Aceh, Indonesia

• 2005-06 Muzafarrabad, Pakistan
• 2009-

Peshawar, Pakistan

ICRC Major Supported Hospitals

• 1991-

Keysaney H., Mogadiscio, Somalia, SRCS

• 1993- 2007 Juba TH, Juba Sudan
• 1996-01, Mirwais H., Kandahar, Afghanistan
• 2006-

Mirwais H., Kandahar, Afghanistan

• 1996-98 Uvira , RDC*
• 2000 -

Medina H., Mogadiscio, Somalia SRCS

• 2001-04 JFK Memorial H., Monrovia, Liberia
• 2004 La Providence, Canapé vert, Haiti
• 2004 Kutum, Zalingi, Darfur, Sudan
• 2005

Puthukkudiyiruppu, Sri Lanka

• 2006-2009 Jalalabad, Afghanistan
• 2010 -

Yemen: 3 hospitals

ICRC Mobile Surgical teams

Or, when the patient cannot reach the hospital, the hospital goes to the patient.

Somalia (1992-93) South Sudan (2000) Darfur (2005 - 07) Yemen (2008) Chad (2008)

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Indonesia – Banda Aceh Mobile Surgical Team ICRC Hospital Activities 2011

supported hospitals = 28 countries expatriate presence = 7 countries weapon wounded admitted = 20'053 (2885

mine injuries)

surgical non-WW admitted = 112'456

• perations performed = 138'213

ICRC Hospital Activities 2011

Medical patients admitted = 192'466 Of which 34'936 children aged < 15 years Obs-Gyn patients admitted = 177'017 OPD = 1'234'041

Surgical: 506'615 Medical: 539'483 Obstetric: 187'943

FAP patients= 25'107

ICRC Hospital Activities 2011

War surgery seminars = 31 Emergency Room Trauma Course = 13 Training of trainers 1 Lectures/participation at 10 international

conferences

ICRC EXPERIENCE

Since 1981, ICRC surgical teams have run 14 independent hospitals and treated over 465'000 surgical patients of whom more than 110'000 were war wounded and performed more than 600'000 operations. WW surgical database of about 32,000 patients.

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MINE VICTIMS REQUIRE LONGER HOSPITALIZATION AND MORE BLOOD TRANSFUSIONS

LOS (days) Transfusion rate (%) Bullet Fragment Mines 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80

THE ICRC WAR SURGERY EXPERIENCE Management of war wounded patients under difficult circumstances, using the most appropriate techniques and technologies for situations of limited resources.