Team News Riveting
New Delhi, February 7
The Indian Army has mobilised a Field Hospital to provide medical support to the affected people in the earthquake-hit Turkey.
The move came within hours of the announcement of disaster relief response to the earthquake hit region. Agra-based Army Field Hospital has dispatched an 89-member medical team, an Army spokesperson said.
The medical team comprises critical care specialist teams, including orthopaedic surgical team, general surgical specialist team and medical specialist teams apart from other medical teams, he added.
The teams that comprise personnel from the Parachute Brigade are equipped with X-ray machines, ventilators, oxygen generation plant, cardiac monitors and associated equipment to establish a 30-bedded medical facility.
The Indian Air Force (IAF) airlifted the team. It had also airlifted a team of the National Disaster Relief Force to the quake-hit country. The first aircraft with the relief materials was sent on Monday night.
The devastating earthquake on Monday killed more than 4,000 people and flattened thousands of buildings in Turkey and neighbouring Syria. The epicentre was Turkey’s southeastern province of Kahramanmaras and was felt as far away as Cairo.
