A UAE field hospital will operate in Turkey’s Hatay province

A UAE field hospital will operate in Turkey’s Hatay province, where medics can tend to the wounded in Gaziantep, Turkey’s ambassador to the UAE said on Wednesday.

The coastal Hatay province borders north-west Syria and is among the areas worst-affected by the deadliest earthquake in more than a decade that has killed more than 11,200 people in Turkey and Syria.

The medical team of the UAE is going on the field and will operate from the disaster zone

Tugay Tuncer, Turkey’s ambassador to the UAE

“One field hospital that the UAE has sent will go to Hatay,” Tugay Tuncer, Turkey’s ambassador told The National.

“The medical team of the UAE is going into the field and will operate from the disaster zone.

“I was at the airport in Abu Dhabi (on Tuesday) to personally say farewell to one of the teams going to Gaziantep, one of the most devastated in Turkey.”

Cargo planes carrying search and rescue teams and medical equipment have left the UAE for Turkey and Syria as part of the country’s Gallant Knight 2 operation.

Supplies will continue to be flown in based on need in Turkey.

“This is a very comprehensive operation that the UAE leadership has launched,” Mr Tuncer said.

“The cargo planes will continue. As long as there is need, the UAE will continue to support Turkey.”

Source : The National News