(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BAKU, Azerbaijan, February 7. A group of
military doctors and medical personnel of the Azerbaijani Armed
Forces has been sent to Türkiye, trend reports via the Azerbaijani Foreign
Ministry.
According to the ministry, following the instructions of
President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev, the group of military medical
specialists of the Azerbaijani army, consisting of 10 military
doctors and eight assistants, is in the disaster area in
Türkiye.
In order to identify and evacuate Azerbaijani citizens affected
by the earthquake, operational headquarters operate in the
Azerbaijani Embassy in Türkiye, consulate generals in Istanbul and
Kars.
On February 6, 2023, following the instructions of the President
of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev, mobile rescue forces of the Ministry of
Emergency Situations, consisting of 420 people, were sent to
Türkiye.
This morning, a mobile field hospital and a team of 41
Azerbaijani doctors were sent to the fraternal country. By the next
plane, three containers with tents, warm blankets, heaters, and
another mobile field hospital were dispatched.
An earthquake with a magnitude of 7.7 hit southeastern Türkiye
on Feb. 6, 2023. The earthquake occurred at a depth of seven
kilometers in the Pazarcik region of Kahramanmaras Province. The
provinces of Hatay, Gaziantep, Kilis, Osmaniye, Malatya, Adiyaman,
Sanliurfa, Diyarbakir, Adana and Kahramanmaras were subjected to
severe destruction.
The quake's epicenter was located 26 km away from the city of
Gaziantep with a population of about 1.06 million.
Türkiye's Disaster and Emergency Management Authority said that
three more earthquakes with a magnitude of 6.4-6.6 rocked Gaziantep
province in south-eastern Türkiye. As a result of the earthquake
that hit Türkiye, strong tremors were also felt in Syria, Lebanon,
Egypt, and Cyprus.
According to the latest data, as a result of the earthquake,
3,549 people were killed, 20,534 people were injured, and 5,775
buildings were destroyed.
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