A team of 70 specialist medics from a Manchester-based frontline aid charity are on hand to fly overseas to help tackle the mass destruction faced in Turkey and Syria as a result of an earthquake that struck on Monday (February 6).
The UK-Med charity, founded by Professor Tony Redmond OBE, a Professor of International Emergency Medicine, currently have a small team in the disaster-hit regions, which are grappling with thousands of deaths and many more seriously injured following the 7.8 magnitude quake.
Its powerful aftershocks were so immense and widespread that it's thought many people are still waiting for help. The death toll from the quake, that hit southern Turkey and northern Syria, has so far risen to at least 15,000. Over 30,000 have been injured, with others losing their homes and livelihoods and major searches still ongoing in hope of finding more survivors possibly trapped beneath rubble.
