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‘No doctors, no clinics near them’: French and Turkish medics visit Turkey’s rural areas

Medical personnel provide medical support to sick people in the village of Çamgazi, near Adiyaman, Turkey. © FRANCE 24

Turkey's hospitals are full of patients injured in the earthquakes, and many of the millions left homeless in the cities have left for rural areas to find refuge with relatives, making it harder for sick people to find medical assistance. A group of Turkish and French paramedics has been travelling to rural areas to respond to this need. FRANCE 24's Thameen Al-Kheetan, Julien Chehida and Brice Agier-Grégoire accompanied the team on a visit to a village near Adiyaman.

For over a week, a medical team led by Franco-Turkish doctor Mahmut Gündesli has been delivering food and providing medical treatment to different villages throughout Turkey.  They have a different destination every day.

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