The Indonesian Field Hospital has treated more than one hundred victims of the Turkey earthquake in Hassa city, Hatay province, National Disaster Mitigation Agency said.
“Since its operation on February 16, 2023 at 06.00 pm local time, we have tended to more than one hundred patients who live in Hassa area,” head of operation center at National Disaster Mitigation Agency Bambang Surya Putra said in a statement received here on Sunday.
With a range of medical personnel as well as EMT (emergency medical team) type 2 facilities, including an operation room, the field hospital offers a variety of services for the patients.
The medical personnel include general practitioners, surgeons, anesthetists, pediatricians, ophthalmologists, nutritionists, internists, midwives, pharmacists, psychiatrists, psychologists, and forensics.
Among the medical services which the field hospital offered included outpatient care, hospitalization, as well as operation, Putra said.
Moreover, they also offer basic medical services, obstetrics and gynecology services, resuscitation, and mobile clinics.
The field hospital also provides trauma healing service for the earthquake victims and helps them to be referred to local hospitals.
Indonesian Field Hospital has coordinated with Hassa Health Office and Turkey Disaster Mitigation Agency to conduct and offer the medical services in that hospital throughout February 2023.
The Indonesian hospital has treated some 150 to 200 patients daily, performed five to ten minor surgeries and at least two to three major operations. They have also provided inpatient care to 20 patients.
Indonesia dispatched some 119 emergency medical personnel to Turkey, as well as supporting medical facilities and medicines. Other aids which the government also sent include search and rescue team to Antakya, as well as some other logistics.
The Hassa city government has been looking forward to the operation of the RSLI following the M7.7 earthquake on February 6, 2023. On Wednesday ( February 15), Hassa Mayor Osman Acar said that patients will be directed to RSLI for treatment.
Source: Antara News