1 September 2010 – UNMIS Wau's Pakistani Aviation unit today donated assorted drugs worth more than $3,000 to support Wau Teaching Hospital in meeting patient demands from four neighbouring states.
"These drugs are meant for our treatment during our mission here in Sudan, but as no one (at UNMIS) is falling sick frequently, we thought of helping the needy," said Maj. Intisar Ul-hag, commanding officer of Pakistani Aviation in Wau, during a ceremony to mark the event.
As the Pakistani people were currently suffering from floods, the major said his unit could identify with hardships endured by the Sudanese, who had just emerged from war. His contingent had inherited the practice of donating medicine from its Pakistani predecessors, who had been coming to the mission for the last four years.
UNMIS Wau Commander Col. Johnson Ondieki said, "Now that peace has come, there is a great need to improve health services for the people," assuring the gathering that the mission military contingents would continue to support the local community during their stay in Sudan.
Thanking UNMIS for their concern for local people, Wau Teaching Hospital Director General Dr. James Okello Marjan said, "I call upon the people of good will like the Pakistani Aviation to extend a helping hand to the needy people of Southern Sudan."
