Emergency is an independent and neutral Italian organization founded in 1994 to provide free, high quality medical and surgical treatment to the civilian victims of war, landmines and poverty. Check this Emergency Video to actually see what they do!
From 1994 to the present day, Emergency has worked in 15 countries, building hospitals, Surgical Centres, Rehabilitation Centres, Pediatric Clinics, First Aid Posts, Health Care Centres, a Maternity Centre and a Centre for Cardiac Surgey. Subsequent to request from local authorities and other organizations, Emergency has also helped to renovate and equip pre-existing health facilities. Between 1994 and june 2010, Emergency teams provided assistance to over 4.097.646 people.
Emergency strongly believes that healthcare should be a basic human right.
Therefore Emergency:
- offers medical and surgical treatment completely free of charge;
- guarantees treatment to anyone in need of assistance, without any discrimination as to race, colour, sex, religion, social origin or political opinion;
- provides high quality assistance, employing standardized therapeutic and work protocols already tested in emergency situations;
- trains national staff thoroughly, with the intent of handing over all the health facilities to the local health authorities as soon as self-sustainability can be achieved.
Also, Emergency builds:
- hospitals specifically dedicated to war victims, surgical emergencies and specialist therapy in places where there are none;
- physical and social rehabilitation centres;
- first aid posts for emergency treatment and referral of patients to our surgical centres;
- healthcare centres for primary medical assistance;
- paediatric clinics.
All Emergency facilities are designed, built and run by specialized international personnel, who provide training for local staff.
Read the 2009 report to know about their most recent activities, while here you can download the 1994-2009 report to discover all their activities and how they positively impacted the areas where they operate.
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