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To protect the lives and dignity of Victims of war and internal violence and provide them with assistance.
To prevent suffering by promoting and strengthening humanitarian law and universal humanitarian Principles.
ICRC Orthopaedic centre, Quetta.
Real help to those wounded in war/natural disasters
You might have visited different hospitals in cities and could have seen different facilities being provided. However, ICRC orthopaedic centre in Christian hospitals Quetta at mission road is first its kind in Balochistan to help the war wounded people coming not only from inside the Pakistan but from neighbouring Afghanistan too. Established in 1997 the centre is providing orthopaedic services to all sorts of war-wounded patients, accidental wounds or patients affected of any disease. Since its establishment, the centre has treated 1135 patients. The centre is providing physiotherapy, orthotics and prosthetics services to the affected people thus enables the affected people to join the community again as a normal human being.
In addition to this medical assistance provided to the patient clinical training is also provided to final year B.Sc students from Pakistan Institute of Prosthetic and Orthotic Sciences (PIPOS).
Round about 18 experts are assisting the patients that are wounded in any case and approach to the centre.
ICRC in Balochistan
- Establishment of Surgical Hospital in Quetta – underway
- Planning to train & equip community animal health workers to deliver reliable animal health care services at village level
- Humanitarian response to Waziristan Operation (distribution in Qilla Saifullah, Zhob and Quetta)
- Support to health System
- Support PRCS to run BHUs & MHUs
- Public Health programme in Harnai & Chagi
- Government Hospitals and Basic health Units
Prevention through communication
In its prevention programmes, the ICRC targets in particular those people and Groups who determine the fate of victims of armed conflict or who can obstruct or facilitate ICRC action. These groups include armed forces, police, security forces and other weapon bearers, decision-makers and opinion-leaders at local and international levels and, with an eye to the future, teenagers, students and their teachers.
Social research on war
To develop new prevention strategies, in1999 the ICRC launched a programme of research in collaboration with academic institutions. The aim of the programme wasto gauges the views of civilian’s and combatants on the many facets of war and build greater respect for the rules that regulate war. By promoting the results of this research – see “Roots of behaviour in war” on the ICRC website – the ICRC seeks to build local and international momentum and expertise regarding preventive strategies, and strengthen research into international humanitarian law by major research and academic establishments, international and non-governmental organizations and prevention specialist
PREVENTIVE ACTION
Making the rules known
The ICRC’s preventive work is designed to contain the harmful effects of conflict and
Keep them to a minimum. The very spirit of international humanitarian law is to use
force with restraint and in proportion to the objectives. The ICRC therefore seeks to
Promote the whole range of humanitarian principles so as to prevent – or at the very
least to limit – the worst excesses of war
The ICRC: Action
At the beginning of hostilities, the ICRC
4 Reminds the parties of their obligations
4 Offers its services
4 Makes an assessment of the needs
4 Acts in favour of victims according to the needs
Activities
4 Protection in war
8 protection of civilians
8 protection of prisoners of war and detainees
8 restoring family links
4 Assistance for armed conflict victims
8 economic security
8 water and habitat
8 health services
4 Preventive action
8 Promotion of international humanitarian law (IHL)
8 National measures of implementation of IHL
Mine/UXO awareness programs
Activities: Protection in war
Protection of civilians
: Collect information on abuses
4 Recommendations to the responsible party
4 Action in favor of most vulnerable
8 Internally displaced persons
8 Women
8 Children
4 Fourth Geneva
Convention and
Additional Protocol I
Activities: Protection in war
Protection of civilians
: Collect information on abuses
4 Recommendations to the responsible party
4 Action in favor of most vulnerable
8 Internally displaced persons
8 Women
8 Children
4 Fourth Geneva
Convention and
Additional Protocol
Activities: Protection in war
restoring family links
Central Tracing Agency
4 Restore contact between people separated by conflict
8 Red Cross messages
4 Collect information on people sought by their relatives (detainees,
displaced persons)
4 Trace missing persons
Activities: Assistance for conflict victims Health services
4 Primary health care
4 War surgery and first aid
4 Health in prisons
4 Physical rehabilitation
Prevention
4 Armed forces, police and security forces
8 promote the inclusion of IHL and human rights in military/police training and procedures
4 Decision-makers and opinion-leaders
8 humanitarian diplomacy
4 Tomorrow’s decision-makers and opinion leaders
8 schools and universities
4 Civilian populations
8 mine awareness programmers
Prevention
4 Awareness-building
4 Promotion and implementation of IHL
4 Integration of IHL into official legal, educational and operational curricula
1. If there are ICRC health centres in Harnai and Chagi, why the Government is not informed yet.
2. The Orthopedic Centre is not working since 1997 under ICRC but runned by One of Lady Dianas Fund.
3. The mendate of ICRC is to treet only War wounded and Wepon wounded patients not accidential patients and the patients carring different deseas.
4. The surgical hospital includes many things pls breafly explain.
5.There are 2 – 3 experts in ortho centre and rest of them are just supporting them.pls clearify.
6. After treating the patients they can join the community but not like them.
Note: ICRC is giving a wrong perception by this message to the people. which can indulge it to the End of ICRC.
ICRC is a well known and well established humantaririan organization which bears a lot of respect, trust and confidence,
my openion is that please change the wordings or delete the messae from the site, Thank u
Thank you very much Wasim for your comment. We have forwarded your views to the ICRC officials in Quetta. I hope they will give us an explaination so that we share it with our readers online. Thank you very much for your interest in Baloch Hal and sharing your valuable feedback. Keep visiting the Baloch Hal.
Dear Waseem,
The Baloch Hal got the following response from Amanullah Rind, a spokesman of ICRC in Quetta:
“Dear Malik,
Ortho centre established in 1997 and run by diana fund. It is not mentioned that it is funded by ICRC in 1997 but funded from almost 2005.
No doubt 2-3 expacts are supported by the local staff having speciality in their fields.
It is never meant that war wounded pateints lead a normal life, It is just matter of understanding.
The mandate of ICRC is to treat war wounded pateints no doubt but it treats the pateints effected by polio, natural leg shortning ets which is called prothesis.
ICRC planned to have health programme in Harnai which is delyed due to NOC matter with Home department and healthe programme is suspended in chaghi (sorry for the wromg information)
Note: Thanks Waseem for some correction. I hope the above clarification would be accepted for positive perception for ICRC.”
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