Latest Updates
– To help Myanmar’s earthquake victims, Samaritan’s Purse set up in the capital of Naypyidaw a 60-bed Emergency Field Hospital. Our doctors and nurses have treated over 2,500 patients and performed over 200 surgeries.
– Six filtration units have been delivered to supply over 20,000 people with 11 litres of fresh water a day.
– Over 1,500 kits containing temporary shelter material and other necessities have been distributed to families in Myanmar.
Response Overview
Samaritan’s Purse deployed our Disaster Assistance Response Team immediately after a devastating 7.7-magnitude earthquake rocked the Southeast Asian nation of Myanmar, killing more than 3,500 people and injuring thousands of others.
Our DC-8 aircraft and a 747 cargo plane delivered over 100 tons of relief supplies, including water filtration units, emergency shelter material, and an Emergency Field Hospital. This multi-tent medical facility houses an emergency room, 60 patient beds, a pharmacy, laboratory, and three operating rooms to assist the local healthcare system in the capital of Naypyidaw. Their treatment centres are currently overrun with earthquake-related cases. Our doctors and nurses are hard at work performing surgeries on broken bones and other urgent orthopaedic cases as dozens of victims await their care.
“We want every patient to know that God loves them and they are not alone. Please pray for everyone affected and for our Disaster Assistance Response Team as they serve those who are hurting in Jesus’ Name.”
-Franklin Graham,
President, Samaritan’s Purse
“We are thankful that Samaritan’s Purse is here,” said Dr. Saw of a 1,000-bed Naypyidaw hospital that has only been able to operate at 20 percent its capacity since the earthquake. With its water sources contaminated after the seismic event, patients and their family members were left thirsty. But Saw said, “We know that your water is good.” Thanks to the new Samaritan’s Purse filtration unit at this location, people are now filling large jugs with precious fresh water.
