More than 43,000 people were killed in the massive earthquake near the Syrian border in southern Turkey on the 6th. We are ready to meet the various medical needs of our patients.
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The 7.8-magnitude quake and subsequent tremors that hit southern Turkey on Saturday have killed 38,044 people in Turkey and at least 5,814 in Syria, killing more than 43,000 people in both countries. rice field.
Rescue efforts are still ongoing locally, and a man was rescued from the rubble about 278 hours after the earthquake in Hatay province in southern Turkey.
On the other hand, as the provision of medical care to the disaster victims became an urgent issue, a Japanese medical team consisting of 75 doctors and nurses set up a medical tent in the suburbs of Gaziantep in southern Turkey, where the hospital was destroyed by the earthquake. and accepts patients 24 hours a day.
In addition to outpatient and emergency services, this team is equipped with facilities that can handle hospitalization and surgery, as well as an obstetrician and gynecologist who can handle childbirth. bottom.
The ventilating room is equipped with an incubator, a ventilating table, and an anesthesia machine for caesarean section.
Immediately on this day, the state of the fetus was confirmed by an ultrasound examination for one pregnant woman who visited the hospital complaining of physical discomfort.
Noriko Yamazaki, a nurse on the medical team, said, "Seeing the baby's healthy condition in the ultrasound, the mother smiled and left. I want to create an environment where I can receive medical care,” he said.