“Helping people get back on their feet”—UK doctors in Turkey share their earthquake stories
BMJ 2023; 381 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.p781 (Published 18 April 2023) Cite this as: BMJ 2023;381:p781
- Elisabeth Mahase
- The BMJ
Standing in a large tent with cardboard boxes of medical supplies piled up behind her, Nia Owens describes what she has seen since arriving in Turkey. “What you see on the news is . . . it’s pretty real. The places that have been destroyed are devastated and decimated,” says the Cardiff trained GP (Video 1).
“It’s devastating seeing the damage and destruction”—UK doctors describe their post-earthquake experiences from a field hospital in Turkey
Around 50 000 people in Turkey died as a result of the earthquakes earlier this year, with tens of thousands more injured and more than 216 000 displaced.1 In Syria about 6000 people are believed to have been killed and more than 12 000 injured, and nearly 100 000 households have been displaced.2
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