Baby rescued from earthquake already has a name with moving meaning

A second magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck southeastern Turkey on the afternoon of Monday, February 10.

The little girl is recovering in a medical center and will be adopted by her great-uncle.

In the midst of the emergency that mourns Syria and Turkey Aya, a baby who was attached to her mother by the umbilical cord, was rescued. The girl was the only survivor of her family and she is recovering at a medical center.

In the videos released on Monday, February 6, a group of rescuers can be seen pulling the baby out of the rubble. Regarding the health status of the baby, it is known that “she is stable but he has some broken ribs and this will heal over time,” Hani Maarouf, a doctor, told The German Press Agency.

Although the baby did not have a name, the hospital staff decided to call her Governess, “to stop calling her newborn,” said Dr. Hani Maarouf at Hostpial Cihan. her name means ‘a sign from God’ in Arabic, and his case has been called a miracle.

(Keep reading: Turkey: mother and newborn rescued after 4 days under rubble).

As reported by the BBC, Aya is being fed by the wife of the doctor Khalid, who became a mother four months ago. Regarding her adoption, the hospital has received several calls from families who want to take care of this miracle baby.

Faced with the adoption requests, the doctor said, “I won’t let anyone adopt her until her distant family returns.”

(Furthermore: This is the canine team assisting in the search for people in Turkey.)

Aya is one of the orphans left behind by the 7.8 magnitude earthquake on Monday, February 6, 2023, which also killed more than 20,000 people, including entire families, in northern Syria and southeastern Turkey. .