The District Administration's current need is immediate help in co-ordination. Each of these mobile hospitals can cater to 150 patients at one time. Team member also informed that trucks, however, are not available. Distribution system is currently not organised and therefore relief material is being dumped. The Military hospitals requirement currently is X-ray machines.
Media reports There have been some reports of looting in outlying areas of Gujarat.
On Monday, the British Government estimated that as many as 500,000 people have been made homeless. Damage to hospital buildings has also forced doctors to treat many patients in the open air. Medical supplies are also running low in many areas. Grains should be ground into flour before taking. We are still checking this with the Disaster Management Group.