Sham Sheikh Mohammed, a 9-year-old woman Syrian woman rescued 40 hours after the lethal catastrophe that hit southern Türkiye and northwest Syria, arrived in Türkiye for remedy Thursday.
Local officers informed Agence France-Presse (AFP) that Mohammed, who might must have her legs amputated, and her brother Omar, 15, crossed from opposition-held northwest Syria on the Bab al-Hawa border publish.
They are the primary of these rescued from the rubble of the Feb. 6 quake to be allowed to enter Türkiye for remedy from opposition-held areas.
The 7.7-magnitude quake killed practically 46,000 individuals throughout Türkiye and elements of Syria.
Video footage of Mohammed being rescued went viral, and the White Helmets rescue group working in opposition-held areas known as on social media for prayers that she could be spared amputation.
Like different survivors, Mohammed is affected by what docs name crush syndrome.
This happens in limbs that had been starved of blood circulation for too lengthy and begins with extreme ache within the affected extremity, which might nonetheless look wholesome within the early levels.
Mohammed’s father and brother additionally survived, however her mom and sister had been killed when the household’s constructing collapsed in Armanaz’s northwestern province of Idlib.
On Thursday, an AFP correspondent noticed two ambulances from Türkiye arrive on the Bab al-Hawa, crossing to choose up the 2 kids, accompanied by their father and aunt.
Mohammed was celebrated for her braveness after buzzing a tune alongside along with her White Helmets rescuers, who labored for six hours to free her from the concrete.
“Sham is in a critical condition,” her father Mohammed informed AFP, including that Omar additionally suffered leg accidents.
Shadi Haj Hussein, an official from the well being division in opposition-held Idlib, informed AFP that her situation “requires specialized treatment that is not available” within the area.
An Assad regime official in Damascus stated on Thursday that the federal government had “assured the transfer” of six different younger Syrian survivors of the quake to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for remedy. They are additionally affected by crush syndrome.
Source: www.dailysabah.com
