US Marines treat 2,000th patient in quake zone

More than 2,000 patients have been treated by US Marines and nearly 9 million kilos of humanitarian aid has been unloaded by the Air Force in relief operations in earthquake-ravaged Pakistani Kashmir, the US military announced.

More than 2,000 patients have been treated by US Marines and nearly nine million kilos of humanitarian aid has been unloaded by the Air Force in relief operations in earthquake-ravaged Pakistani Kashmir, the US military announced.

The Marines, deployed from their bases in southern Japan, opened a field hospital in the town of Shinkiari in the Kashmir quake zone on November 17, and treated their 2,000th patient yesterday, the military said.