250 patients evacuated, return of ICRC to Vanni urged

by sathyajith | February 14, 2009 at 02:22 am

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Last two ICRC workers also has left the Area???

250 patients evacuated, return of ICRC to Vanni urged [TamilNet, Tuesday, 10 February 2009, 15:21 GMT]
ICRC officials left Vanni Tuesday around 5:00 p.m. in a ship transporting 250 seriously wounded patients, including 50 children, all wounded in Sri Lanka Army (SLA) artillery and Multi-Barrel Rocket Launcher (MBRL) fire. The patients were taken on board the ship at LTTE controlled Puthumaaththa'lan in Mullaiththeevu to Trincomalee. The two ICRC officials who were remaining in Vanni had received instructions to be present in Trincomalee and it is not known whether they would return to Vanni, according to informed government officials.

Patients were transported in 2 ambulances, 3 buses and a lorry from a makeshift hospital at Puthumaaththa'lan to the coast, 1 km away from the hospital. The patients were taken in small boats from Puthumaaththa'lan shore to the ship anchored in mid-sea, the sources further said.