Medic helping new mums in Turkish earthquake zone
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 damaged hospital building where he is based.and thousands more are now missing, injured or homeless as a result. "The hospital was still standing, but some of the internal floors and ceilings had fallen down and it was very much not usable," he explained.Members of the UK Emergency Medical Team constructed a tented field clinic next to the hospital
He added many traumatised pregnant women were very stressed about their unborn children and his team helped to replace some of the services lost when the hospital was damaged. According to the FCDO, UK aid money pays for EMT staffs' regular roles "to be backfilled to ensure the NHS is not impacted".Paul Holmes is a married father of four originally from Ballynahinch, County Down"It's been amazing how grateful Turkish people have been for our help, partly for the medical or healthcare assistance we've been giving, but also I think they've really appreciated the expression of solidarity that the UK team coming over has meant to them.
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