Medical personnel and rescue workers have been stretched to their limits after a devastating earthquake hit southern Turkey and northwestern Syria in the early morning of February 6. Opposition-controlled northern Syria has been particularly affected, and doctors report a shortage of medical facilities to treat the injured. The FRANCE 24 Observers spoke to a hospital nurse in Salqin who said that the region is on the brink of a humanitarian crisis as a major lifeline for cross-border aid has been closed.
Hospitals in the north have been completely overwhelmed in the wake of the earthquake. And doctors in Syria say they don’t have the resources or equipment to address the severity or sheer scale of the injuries endured by survivors.
