GG News Bureau
Ankara, 10th Feb. The Indian Army has deployed disaster relief teams and established a field hospital to assist victims of the country’s recent earthquakes.
On Thursday, India’s Additional Directorate General of Public Information (ADG-PI) tweeted a photo of a female Indian Army officer hugging a Turkish woman in earthquake-ravaged Turkey.
“#OperationDost We Care. #IndianArmy #Turkiye,” the tweet said.
The Indian army’s field hospital, which was established in Turkey’s Hatay to assist earthquake victims, began operations on Thursday.
“The army field hospital in Iskenderun, Hatay, Turkiye has started functioning with running Medical, Surgical & Emergency Wards; X-Ray Lab & Medical Store,” External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar tweeted on Thursday.
According to S Jaishankar, an Additional Directorate General of Public Information team will work 24X7 to provide relief to the affected people.
The army field hospital was established as part of India’s ‘Operation Dost’ to assist earthquake victims in Turkey.
On Wednesday, S Jaishankar posted photos of the facility on Twitter, writing: “This field hospital in Hatay, Turkiye will treat those affected by the earthquake. Our team of medical & critical care specialists and equipment are preparing to treat emergencies.”
On Thursday, Jaishankar announced that the sixth plane from India carrying rescue personnel, supplies, and medical equipment for earthquake relief efforts had arrived in Turkey.
The sixth flight transports additional rescue teams, dog squads, and essential medicines to the earthquake-ravaged country.
Meanwhile, CNN reports that the death toll from this week’s devastating earthquakes in Turkey and Syria has risen to nearly 20,000.
According to the Disaster and Emergency Management Agency (AFAD) on Thursday, at least 12,873 people have died in Turkey.
According to the ‘White Helmets’ civil defence group, the total number of fatalities in Syria is 3,162, including 1,900 in rebel-held areas in the country’s northwest.
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