Nepal: ICRC urges respect for ambulances
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Kathmandu (ICRC) – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has called for medical personnel and medical transports in Nepal to be
spared in all circumstances.
During the recent events in Nepalgunj and Lahan, the ICRC witnessed the difficulties faced by those endeavouring to provide medical services.
“We are very concerned about the consequences of the recent violence,” said Mary Werntz, the ICRC’s head of delegation in Nepal.
“We call on both security forces and demonstrators to exercise restraint and urge them to allow medical staff, ambulances and humanitarian workers to carry out their tasks during demonstrations, strikes (bandh) and curfews.” The Nepal Red Cross Society stands ready to transport the sick and injured to medical facilities and the ICRC continues to monitor the situation.
For further information, please contact: Raoul Forster, ICRC Kathmandu, tel.
++977 1 44 82 285 or ++977 98510 34638 Marco Yuri Jiménez Marco Yuri Jiménez Rodríguez, tel.
+41 22 730 2271 or +41 79 217 3217
See also ICRC media contacts
This article on www.icrc.org
During the recent events in Nepalgunj and Lahan, the ICRC witnessed the difficulties faced by those endeavouring to provide medical services.
“We are very concerned about the consequences of the recent violence,” said Mary Werntz, the ICRC’s head of delegation in Nepal.
“We call on both security forces and demonstrators to exercise restraint and urge them to allow medical staff, ambulances and humanitarian workers to carry out their tasks during demonstrations, strikes (bandh) and curfews.” The Nepal Red Cross Society stands ready to transport the sick and injured to medical facilities and the ICRC continues to monitor the situation.
For further information, please contact: Raoul Forster, ICRC Kathmandu, tel.
++977 1 44 82 285 or ++977 98510 34638 Marco Yuri Jiménez Marco Yuri Jiménez Rodríguez, tel.
+41 22 730 2271 or +41 79 217 3217
See also ICRC media contacts
This article on www.icrc.org
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