“Operation South East Asia Tsunami Assist”:  an Australian team in the Maldives

1 Tsunami damage in Kandholhudoo on the Raa atoll

1 Disaster Preparedness and Management Unit, Department of Health, Perth, WA.
2 Institute of Clinical Pathology and Medical Research, Westmead Hospital, Westmead, NSW.
3 Clinical Services, Royal Perth Hospital, Perth, WA.

Correspondence: andrew.robertson@health.wa.gov.au

Competing interests:

None identified.

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