A medical team of 27 doctors including a surgeon and a pediatrician and paramedics were sent to Sri Lanka by India for the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in North, The Hindu reported today (29).

The team brought about 30 tons of medicines worth over Rs.3 crores to replenish stores at the field hospital in a camp for the (IDPs).

India has deployed a self-contained emergency medical unit and hospital in Sri Lanka since March 2009. The 110-bed facility is run by a 62-member team that includes eight doctors and paramedics. It has been operating out of Pulmoddai town on the northeastern coast of Sri Lanka. It is now being shifted to Menik Farm Area Zone 1 near Vavuniya.