Published February 18,2023
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Nearly 6,500 infants have been born in southern Türkiye since twin earthquakes shook the area earlier this month, the Turkish well being minister stated on Saturday.
A complete of “6,447 babies have been born in the earthquake region since the first day of the disaster. Every child born is a hope,” Fahrettin Koca stated on the Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency (AFAD) Coordination Center within the southern province of Hatay.
Wishing the infants an excellent and lengthy life, Koca stated that “the necessary health services are provided to the babies and their mothers without interruption.”
Regarding maternity care, the well being minister stated that 10,489 being pregnant observations have been carried out within the earthquake-hit area, and the variety of postpartum follow-ups was additionally greater than 10,000.
He stated over 10,000 neonatal heel pricks, a blood assortment process on newborns, have been finished, greater than 5,100 infants have been screened for spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), and 154,212 vaccine doses have been administered as a part of childhood immunization companies.
Besides, talking on the well being companies within the quake-hit areas, Koca stated: “As of today, the number of patients hospitalized due to the earthquakes in 10 disaster provinces is 6,108. The total number of patients is 21,859. The total number of patients discharged is over 13,500.”
Over 51,150 sufferers and injured folks have been transferred from the earthquake space to hospitals in different cities, he stated.
Also, a complete of 114 emergency response items and 25 area hospitals have been established within the catastrophe space, he stated.
At least 40,642 folks have been killed by the 2 robust earthquakes that jolted southern Türkiye on Feb. 6, in accordance with the newest figures.
The magnitude 7.7 and seven.6 quakes have been centered in Kahramanmaras and struck 10 different provinces-Adana, Adiyaman, Diyarbakir, Hatay, Gaziantep, Malatya, Kilis, Osmaniye, Elazig and Sanliurfa. More than 13 million folks have been affected by the devastating quakes.
They have been additionally felt in different nations within the area, together with Syria, the place a minimum of 5,840 folks have been killed.
Source: www.anews.com.tr
