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  • Public Health
  • Disaster Medicine
  • Epidemiology

Background:

  • Natural disasters necessitate medical aid from the Armed Forces for affected populations.
  • The Orissa floods in 2001 exemplify the need for robust disaster response.
  • Understanding morbidity patterns is crucial for effective humanitarian operations.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To outline the spectrum of illnesses encountered during a natural disaster.
  • To provide insights into morbidity patterns during humanitarian operations.
  • To inform future disaster health management policies.

Main Methods:

  • Deployment of a Medical Team to flood-affected areas.
  • On-site treatment of patients in established medical aid posts.
  • Data collection on treated cases over a nine-day period.

Main Results:

  • Over 7,450 cases were treated, with gastrointestinal illnesses (54.20%) and respiratory infections (26.94%) being most prevalent.
  • Injuries accounted for 13.10% of cases, while undiagnosed fever and malaria were also managed.
  • Skin and other infections comprised 2.50% of the total cases.

Conclusions:

  • Disaster management is intrinsically linked with public health.
  • The study provides a spectrum of illnesses for planning future humanitarian operations.
  • Recommendations are made for future disaster response deployments.