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SP GRAM
Humanitarian Aid

Philippines 2013

Humanitarian Aid to Philippines for the victims of Typhoon
Haiyan

A strong Typhoon Haiyan (known in the Philippines as Typhoon
Yolanda), the deadliest Philippine typhoon on record, caused
catastrophic destruction in the Visayas, particularly in the islands
of Samar and Leyte, killing 6,300 people. About 11 million people
have been affected by the typhoon with many left homeless.
Kelab Putra 1 Malaysia responded to this disaster by sending a team
of volunteers to provide humanitarian aid. The team comprised of
medical volunteers, logistic personnel and the press.
We left Subang Airport via a Charlie Transport plane from RMAF.
SP Care staff in this team were Dr. Prakash and MA. Mohan

When we operated our field clinic, we worked together with the
other international medical teams, eg. Australia, US, Germany etc.
When we arrived in Leyte, we set camp around the airport
perimeter. Here we conducted our makeshift clinics as requested by
the Filipino authorities.
Dr. Prakash was involved in carrying out a below knee amputation
on a 5 year old boy and he was assisted by MA. Mohan. Our team
was also involved to standby for the hospital because the doctors
there wanted to take a break. As they had been on duty, we divided
into 2 sub teams taking turns every 12 hours.
It was a great experience as we had to manage with very little
resources, live under basic conditions in tents and with also no
comfort. Here we also saw the resilience of the Filipino people who
were very strong.

Gaza 2014

Humanitarian Aid to the Palestenians
Kelab Putra 1 Malaysia sent a team of
volunteers to Gaza to provide humanitarian aid
to the Palestenians there. The team consisted of
medical personnel, logistic and the press.

Representative from SP Care for the medical
team were Dr. Sathia Prakash and MA. Mohan.
The team flew to Cairo and visited a few
hospitals and assisted them where there were
also Palestenian patients
From Cairo we traveled by bus to Gaza. After
the Suez Canal at the Senai Desert our convoy
was stopped by the Egyptians authorities as it
was too risky to cross here. Unfortunately, we
had to turn back and head back to Cairo.

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