The States Parties have come to see emergency and continuing medical care as being emergency first aid and adequate medical care including competent surgical management.

Medical care

Medical care

Medical benefits

Emergency treatment.

Provision is made for the cost of medical expenses arising from the care and treatment of injured military personnel and for emergency dental care of troops when treatment cannot be provided by the Force s established medical and dental facility.

Otherwise, adequate medical care was secured by hospital treatment.

(Afghanistan) emergency medical aid emergency educational assistance in Herat province.

Four of the victims received medical attention.

Health care financing The Law On Medical Treatment of June 12, 1997, states that anyone has the right to receive emergency medical care.

Prenatal and delivery medical care

Rural women have the right to free emergency medical services and care, including information and counselling.

Emergency response and relief, care and maintenance

At least nine victims received medical attention.

Figure 7 Deliveries attended by a doctor or a nurse (1987 2002) (Percentage)

(d) To health care and prevention of work related illnesses

It is aimed to cut the number of general teams and increase the number of reanimation and accident teams, which should improve the rescue system in endangering life situations.

At least three persons received emergency hospital treatment for injuries sustained as a result of the ill treatment.

The scheme of medical care has provided free medical attention at hospitals and clinics for people with means as well as those without an income.

In addition, sanitary conditions are critical, and there is a lack of medical attention.

Medical First Aid Room

The women can receive unconditional emergency medical aid at any of the emergency rooms in the country.

(ii) Medical consultations by physicians, nurses and medical consultants

Human rights organizations have on occasion intervened to obtain permits for emergency health cases.

WHO provided emergency coordination and distributed medical equipment, emergency health kits and other supplies.

15. Improved medical care has contributed to an increase in life expectancy in the country.

The aim is to optimise the structure of service providers, particularly focusing on ways in improving co ordination between the primary and secondary health care system, ensuring succession in the provision of services.

(i) Visits by a doctor to the workplace to give medical attention to employees who require it.

The round table on treatment, care and support emphasized that we must urgently expand treatment programmes in order that they may benefit the largest possible number of people.

(e) Liaise with local authorities whenever outside emergency assistance (e.g. ambulance, medical, police) is required

Medical emergencies

340. The Committee recommends that the Government of Peru review its law on abortion and ensure that women have access to full and complete health services, which include safe abortion, and to emergency medical attention when complications arise from abortions.

UNRWA operated five emergency medical teams in the West Bank to improve access to health services of the refugee population in remote and closed areas.

The services include not only free medical attention in the form of consultations and medicines but also free hospitalization.

Medical care is available on a national level to all people in Sri Lanka.

Emergency treatment.

Urgent humanitarian distribution of food and non food and medical supplies 500,000 ( ) 1 year

The doctors used another SateLife service, the Program for Monitoring Emerging Diseases (ProMED), to exchange information and request medical equipment.

Between 1990 and 1995 almost 80 per cent of pregnant women received medical care 17 per cent received no kind of care and 3 per cent received attention from nurses or midwives.

It was estimated that inadequate medical attention was involved in 44 per cent of the case histories of miscarriage and in 26 per cent of the cases of septicaemia.

460. The whole population of Poland has access, within one hour apos s walk or travel, to trained medical personnel for the treatment of common diseases and injuries, thanks to the large medical infrastructure and availability of first aid services (ambulance service).

Emergencies are determined by paramedical staff.

In the summer of 1999, AMDA started its emergency medical relief project for the refugees returning from neighbouring states.

Thus, it allowed a user, for instance, to send a fax of an electrocardiogram in the case of a medical emergency in a remote area.

Bernard Mcginn was allegedly beaten repeatedly and kicked by soldiers as a result of which he reportedly had to be taken to hospital for emergency treatment.