Chirang: The Assam riots at the end of last month left nearly 80 people dead and lakhs homeless. The real challenge now lies in rehabilitating those who were displaced. And helping them are young doctors, who assist the men, women and children afflicted with diseases in the camps.
While children remain afflicted with diarrohea and fever, women suffer from leucorrhoea. There is also an alarming spike in cases of malaria, apart from the deep psychological trauma that is endured by all. The young doctors take it up as a challenge.
"In normal situation anyone can come but this is conflict. This is like any other disaster. So actually, the administration... they need support now. That's why we want to help," says Dr Ravi of Doctors For You.
Doctors For You, a humanitarian organisation, focuses on providing medical care during crisis, a pledge that began with the devastating Bihar floods in 2008....
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08:33 AM, Aug 27, 2012
Jaipur: Four days of incessant rain in Rajasthan have left 33 people dead, while those rendered homeless are still suffering from neglect at relief camps. Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot is yet to tour the affected areas. He has other pressing preoccupations instead - the UPA Chairperson, Sonia Gandhi's upcoming visit to Barmer. Homeless and hopeless, Abdul Hamid, Jaipur resident, who can't walk on his feet is yet to overcome...
06:27 AM, Aug 26, 2012
Chirang: Tired, traumatised, malnourished and sick - the children of conflict in Assam's relief camps are living in constant fear. Five-year-old Phulmala is hopes to return to her village one day. She still has her house keys hung around her neck. She says she has been wearing the same frock for a month. "Our house is burnt. Our cattle is gone. We only get to eat rice and dal." The...
07:54 AM, Aug 23, 2012
Guwahati: Altogether 2,92,852 violence affected people are currently living in 228 relief camps in four trouble-torn districts of lower Assam, while 10,636 inmates having left the camps during the last 24 hours. In Kokrajhar, 10,300 inmates left the camps, while 336 people went home in Chirang though none did so in Dhubri district, an official release said in Guwahati on Tuesday. Among the total inmates in the relief camp, 61,439...
07:33 PM, Aug 14, 2012
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02:24 PM, Aug 14, 2012
New Delhi: From sleeping on the pavements to makeshift relief camps to finally having a roof over their head, the journey for a few Hindu families from Pakistan to India has not been easy. Those who have managed to escape to India say they are too scared to return and want to stay here for good. For 80-year-old Bakhtavari, it's a new found sense of freedom forever since she came...
08:19 AM, Aug 11, 2012
Bongaigaon: Even as Prime Minister Manmohan Singh gets set to visit Assam on Saturday, reports suggest more than 2 lakh refugees are now living in refugee camps. On Wednesday, a baby was born in the camp near Biathamari. However, the mother is yet to get baby food. Electricity remains a problem and shacks are the best alternative for a bed. Meanwhile, the people are just surviving on rice, dal and...
08:02 AM, Jul 28, 2012
More than two lakh people are trying to survive and overcome their fears in the relief camps in Assam. ...
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