Shajri's medical camp at Muharram procession

I have attended many free medical camps and arranged some of them by myself. but this camp sort of set-up was different in many  aspects.I am using the word "sort-of" because it was not a routine type of a medical camp where we sit, make slips and give medicines for different diseases. It was a camp where only trauma patients were treated, or should I say self inflicted trauma patients, obviously they had their own reasons for giving injuries to themselves. To cut it short SHAJRI's medical department arranged the medical camp for Shiite mourners of  Muharram at gagri, a village in Islamabad on 14th dec.2011.

I will share a short summary of that medical camp.

• Almost 25 people were treated.
• Mostly there were back injuries.
• One patient presented with scalp laceration, was bleeding profusely and he was just 15 years of age, later somebody told me that he did that intentionally.(may be for more reward) 
• Stitch was also applied on one person, his wound was wide open and was bleeding continuously.
• 11 years old kid also came with the wound on his back after mourning.
• A 70 years old man's wounds were also cleaned.

      Apart from witnessing the mourning live, two things that astonished me most were the extremes of ages. As I mentioned a boy of 11 years and an old man of 70 years. well apart from the differences, I gotta accept the passion in these people. 

      At the place of camp an old man almost of 80 joined us. I was told that this man used to cut himself even after the age of 75.I asked about that and he told "when these young men start cutting themselves, my soul burns and I want to cut myself badly but my body does not allow me". And truth was evident from his firm fist and the tone in which he was talking. Later he showed some light on history of Karbala. He mentioned that even he keeps on forgetting the names of  his grandsons but still he remembers these key points.

      Hospitality, respect, gratitude was the response of those people in answer to our efforts.I was accompanied by a paramedic, one shajri volunteer,few local volunteers.Overall it was great experience.

     

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