(search ) unit trundled into this quake-ravaged city Monday on a mission Washington hopes will help generate goodwill among Pakistanis.

The Oct. 8 (search ) killed an estimated 79,000 people. Many of the injured have yet to receive proper medical care.

The (search ) could save lives, but its arrival was delayed by a shortage of aircraft, vehicle breakdowns and the winding roads of the lower (search ).

When the unit finally rolled into (search ) after a 27-hour drive from a military base near Islamabad, it still lacked equipment for major surgeries. That gear had to be returned to the military base because it was on long trailers that could not negotiate the curving mountain roads.

The equipment will be loaded onto other trucks and could reach Muzaffarabad in a few days.

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