On October 8th a 7.6 magnitude earthquake struck on the border or Pakistan and India.

The death count has exceeded 79,000 and is expected to rise daily.

Hundreds of thousands have not received any medical care since the quake hit.

A team of doctors from Tulsa, Oklahoma are heading to Pakistan on Monday (Oct. 24) to provide medical aid to victims of the recent earthquake. The 8 doctors are from In His Image Family Medicine Residency. This is the same medical group that sent a team to Banda Aceh following the tsunami last December.

In His Image is very experienced in disaster relief medical efforts. Dr. Mitchell Duininck, Residency Director, lead the tsunami team and is also leading this team. They are working in conjunction with World Harvest, an international relief and development organization that was founded in 1989.

According to reports from the BBC, tens of thousands of people have yet to receive any medical treatment. With the death toll exceeding 79,000 the task ahead of the Tulsa doctors is filled with challenges. A large number of the injured are facing death if not given immediate medical attention. An estimate of 2 million survivors have been made homeless and winter is approaching rapidly.

The earthquake struck suddenly just outside Muzaffarabad -- a city of 70,000 people 65 miles northeast of Islamabad at the foothills of the Himalayas where the Indian and Eurasian tectonic plates meet.

Dozens of Pakistani quake victims have also lost limbs because of delays in getting the injured from isolated villages to a place with proper health care. Amputations have to be performed as a result. Today, many injured people are still stranded in remote villages in the mountains of Kashmir and many outlaying areas.

If you would like to make a contribution towards the efforts for Pakistan and other emergency relief trips please go to www.inhisimage.org and click on make a gift. Be sure to note "Disaster Relief" in the comment section of the online form.