📌THE EMERGENCY RESPONSE OF YERYÜZÜ DOKTORLARI (DOCTORS WORLDWIDE TÜRKİYE) IN EARTHQUAKE REGION (17/05/2023)

We continue our work in Kahramanmaraş, Hatay and Adıyaman provinces. We are providing volunteer health services in the branches of primary healthcare, surgical operations, and psychosocial support in the earthquake zone. At the same time, we continue to deliver medicines, medical supplies, and basic needs to the region. The details of our work are as follows. 

📍Kahramanmaraş
We provide healthcare services at our health station with our volunteer medical team consisting of an internal medicine specialist, general surgeon, pediatric specialist, nurse, psychologist, and pharmacist. We provide examination and treatment services to those affected by the earthquake. 

📍Hatay
We continue to provide healthcare services to citizens who survived the debris with our team including emergency medicine specialists, pediatricians, general surgeons, gynecologists, nurses, and pharmacists. In addition, we provide regular medicine support to the region along with volunteer teams, and support the earthquake victims with basic materials such as baby formula and blankets.
 
📍Adıyaman
We provide primary health care services at the health station we established with 2 containers in Adıyaman.

📍Malatya
We provide services for children and adults within the scope of our psychosocial support activities that we started in Malatya.

So far, we have provided primary health care services and psychosocial support to 130,794 people. We also delivered basic supplies to more than 5,000 people in the region. In total, we have reached 137,598 people in the affected region.