As Türkiye copes with the “disaster of the century,” two earthquakes that killed 1000’s in 10 provinces throughout its southern areas, folks from throughout the nation rush to assist victims. Air ambulances of the Health Ministry provide a lifeline for victims and folks with diseases who survived the catastrophe final Monday.
Shuttling between the capital Ankara and earthquake-hit provinces, air ambulances final transported two folks injured within the earthquake. One of the sufferers was from Kahramanmaraş and the opposite one was a paralyzed affected person from Malatya – a province that was closely affected by the disaster.
A totally outfitted air ambulance, with an intensive care unit and areas for 3 stretchers, carried the victims to hospitals in Ankara on Sunday after taking off from their major base in Istanbul. A physician and two different healthcare staff first flew to Malatya Airport to take 39-year-old Yeter Kaya. From there, they flew to Kahramanmaraş and accompanied Mevlüt Nedirli, 69, and Cuma Asigün, 85, from an ambulance to the aircraft. After a 2,000-kilometer (1242.7 miles) flight, Nedirli was taken to Ankara’s Bilkent City Hospital, whereas Asigün and Kaya have been taken to different hospitals.
Dr. Güven Kırımlı, assigned to the air ambulance, mentioned it helps for the secure evacuation of injured folks in earthquake-hit areas to safer cities, locations the place they’ll have superior therapy or locations the place they’ll stick with their family. Kırımlı advised Anadolu Agency (AA) that ambulances have been flying to Istanbul, Izmir and Ankara from airports in earthquake-hit areas.
“We had two earthquake victims. Mevlüt was in better health compared to others, though his one arm and leg were partly amputated. He did not have any fatal risk, though. Cuma is more critical because of his old age and brain hemorrhage. The other patient had fallen sick in an earthquake zone and was required to have advanced treatment for a lung infection and asthma episode,” he defined.
The well being skilled mentioned the air ambulance had all of the important tools for a small intensive care unit, from respiratory gadgets to displays and different medical tools.
Nedirli was awake when the earthquake hit within the early hours final Monday. Just when he was heading to the toilet, his home collapsed, and concrete slabs fell on his head. “It was all dark then,” Nedirli recounted the second of catastrophe.
Some 120 hours later, he was rescued from the rubble in Kahramanmaraş.
Source: www.dailysabah.com
