- UK executive director Natalie Roberts has a team in Syria.
- She revealed that they had tragically lost a coworker.
- It’s a catastrophe on top of a catastrophe in Syria.
Doctors Without Borders UK executive director Natalie Roberts has a team in Syria. She revealed that they had tragically lost a coworker amid the rubble.
“It’s a catastrophe on top of a catastrophe. In these parts of Turkey, in places like Gaziantep, there are millions of Syrian refugees living often in not very robust accommodations. It’s a recipe for disaster.”
Although there is a window of opportunity immediately following the earthquake to treat the acute injuries of individuals who get out of the wreckage, persons who remain beneath the rubble for too long suffered from “crush” injuries that can lead to renal failure, according to Roberts. “We expect it to happen in the coming weeks,” she said.
And the weather is compounding the situation since people are afraid to return home, exposing them to dangerously low temperatures. “We need to think immediately about strong living circumstances so that they don’t succumb to another cholera outbreak or other diseases that could result from this situation.”
Northern Syria will be affected by the earthquakes for “months and months,” she predicted.
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