India’s humanitarian aid to Venezuela includes an army field hospital and medical supplies in response to the devastating earthquake.
India has sent a humanitarian response to earthquake-hit Venezuela by sending a field hospital, medical workers and relief supplies as the country reels from one of the deadliest natural disasters in recent years.
The assistance is being sent under Operation Amistad, with Indian rescue support arriving in Venezuela while authorities continue their efforts to locate survivors trapped under collapsed structures.
The relief package includes an Indian Army field hospital unit, medicines, medical equipment and other humanitarian aid aimed at strengthening rescue and recovery operations in the affected areas.
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Announcing the deployment, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said the aid has reached Venezuela. “Indian aid arrives in Venezuela. We are confident that the field hospital unit, relief supplies, medicines and medical equipment will strengthen the ongoing post-earthquake relief efforts in the country,” Jaishankar wrote in a post on X.
Two IAF C-17 aircraft carried 35 tons of relief materials
According to the Embassy of India in Cote d’Ivoire, two C-17 aircraft of the Indian Air Force passed through Abidjan on their way to Venezuela carrying 35 tons of relief equipment, a unit of the Indian Army Field Hospital and two blocks of BHISHM.
The embassy also said that the team was carrying medical stores and humanitarian supplies for the affected population.
“The team is carrying nearly six tons of medical stores and humanitarian relief supplies provided by the Ministry of External Affairs,” the Indian Embassy in Cote d’Ivoire said.
An earthquake leaves thousands dead
The Indian assistance comes as Venezuela continues to deal with the effects of powerful earthquakes that have killed at least 1,430 people.
More than three days after the disaster, tens of thousands of people are still missing, while rescue teams continue searches in the hope of finding survivors trapped under the rubble.
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The earthquakes have increased the challenges facing the country, which is already suffering from economic turmoil and political instability.
The mission, undertaken under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, underscores India’s expanding role in global humanitarian assistance and disaster relief operations while reflecting its commitment to the Vasuddhaiva Kutumbakkam principle, ‘The world is one family’.
