(MENAFN- AzerNews)
Sabina Mammadli read more Azerbaijani army's military personnel dispatched to the Turkish
quake-hit region is actively involved in receiving, registering,
triaging, operating, and sending victims to relevant medical
institutions in coordination with the Turkish health Ministry
employees in the area, Azernews reports.
A total of 20 military medics, including a general surgeon,
traumatologist, otolaryngologist, ophthalmologist, neurosurgeon,
rheumatologist, anesthesiologist, plastic-reconstructive surgeon,
medical attendant, operating nurses, and anesthetists, have been
sent to the fraternal country to provide medical aid to
earthquake-affected people.
Besides, in accordance with the instruction of President Ilham
Aliyev, medical institutions across the country have been put on
alert for the treatment of earthquake-affected victims in Türkiye,
Azerbaijani Health Minister Teymur Musayev said in a phone
conversation with his Turkish colleague Fahrettin Koca.
'In total, 2,000 beds have been assigned for this purpose.
Azerbaijani doctors are fully prepared to provide support to the
quake victims,' Musayev noted.
He also expressed condolences to the families of the victims and
wished a speedy recovery to the injured.
The European-Mediterranean Seismological Center reports that on
January 6, a 7.4-magnitude earthquake hit central Turkiye. The
epicenter of the earthquake was 26 kilometers off Gaziantep with a
population of about 1.06 million. The earthquake's epicenter was
located 7 km below the surface. According to Turkiye's Disaster and
Emergency Management Authority, three more earthquakes with
magnitudes of 6.4 to 6.6 shook the province of Gaziantep in
southeastern Turkiye.
At the time of writing, the overall death toll in Turkiye is 14,
014, and the injured toll is 63, 764.
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Sabina Mammadli is AzerNews' staff journalist, follow her on
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