In Mingora hospital there is a slight decrease in the number of activities in the emergency room but after the bridges are repaired and access to health care returns, MSF expects an increase of patients. Blood bank training has been given to all senior nurses and laboratory technicians in the hospital for the care and transport of blood and transfusions.

Mobile clinics continue in the Mingora area and MSF has started to refer surgical patients from our mobile clinics to Timurgara because the bridges on this side are cut off and Kabal and Matta patients can easily access Timurgara. With a return of a number of actors in Swat health structures, MSF is now spreading its mobile clinics to new areas with populations where no other actors are present. The new locations for MSF mobile clinics include Manja, Kalagei and Tarkani which are all close to the border of Dir district.

MSF plans to extend mobile activities for a further two weeks while waiting for better access to Mingora for patients still cut off. Since the beginning of the flood intervention MSF made 1,600 consultations in the region.

The Diarrhoea Treatment Centre in Mingora last week was still receiving close to 100 patients a day but most of the cases are watery with mild to moderate dehydration. The emergency phase is most likely reducing in the DTC.