Indian Army’s Medical Team Departs for Earthquake-Affected Turkey

GG News Bureau

New Delhi, 7th Feb. The Indian Army deployed a field hospital on Tuesday to provide medical assistance to earthquake victims in Turkey, in accordance with the government’s decision to assist the country.

The Agra-based Army Field Hospital has dispatched an 89-member medical team, according to officials. The medical team is made up of critical care specialists. Apart from others, the contingent includes orthopaedic surgical teams, general surgical specialist teams, and medical specialist teams.

The teams have X-ray machines, ventilators, an oxygen generation plant, cardiac monitors, and other equipment to set up a 30-bed medical facility.

Following Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s directive to offer all possible assistance to Turkey, India decided on Monday to immediately dispatch search and rescue teams from the National Disaster Response Force, medical teams, and relief supplies to the country. On Monday night, the first aircraft carrying relief supplies was dispatched.

The Monday earthquake killed over 4,000 people and destroyed thousands of buildings in Turkey and neighboring Syria. It was felt as far away as Cairo and was centered in Turkey’s southeastern province of Kahramanmaras.