'I've come across mums who have literally been pulled out of the rubble.' A Ballynahinch-born obstetrician shares his nerve-wracking experience of treating survivors of the TurkeySyriaEarthquake:
Obstetrician Paul Holmes is working in the grounds of a disused hospital which was damaged by the quake
Mr Holmes also experienced two "fairly major" aftershocks during his deployment, the first of which caused an electrical fire in the grounds of a disused hospital building where he is based.and thousands more are now missing, injured or homeless as a result. Many of the women he has treated were not physically badly injured but were among the quake survivors suffering trauma, hardship and extreme temperatures as their homes were destroyed.
He explained his team were able to offer pregnant women ultrasound scans and "help them hear the baby and let them know the pregnancy is still going nicely despite the trauma they've gone through".Now 56, he usually works at the Forth Valley Royal Hospital in Stirlingshire, but also volunteers with frontline medical aid charity UK-Med.According to the FCDO, UK aid money pays for EMT staffs' regular roles "to be backfilled to ensure the NHS is not impacted".
"The first one briefly set the hospital building on fire, which was slightly nerve-wracking. I saw smoke after it triggered an electrical fire but thankfully it was brought under control very quickly and there wasn't huge damage.
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