The birth of a child in the midst of the emergency that mourns Syria and Turkey. In the short video, rescue agencies can be seen searching for people amid the rubble, while a woman has just given birth.
More of 3,800 people have died and others 16,000 have been injured in the series of devastating earthquakes that have shaken southeastern Turkey, near the border with Syria, and have left thousands of buildings collapsed where survivors continue to be searched amid low temperatures.
In addition, dozens of countries have already started sending rescuers and experts to search for survivors. Otkay indicated that more than 300,000 victims of the earthquakes have been housed in university centers, shelters and student residences.
The low temperatures and the snow in the area, where there are also mountainous territories that are difficult to access, complicate the rescue tasks. Local authorities have reported cuts in the supply of gas and electricity in some areasand the state oil company has cut off crude supplies to the region as a “precautionary measure.”
Amid the rescues, authorities have witnessed the birth of a baby while his mother was pulled from the rubble. In the video you can see a man carrying the newborn away from the rubble, while it still has the umbilical cord.
According to local media reports, the mother of this baby would have died minutes after giving birth. It is also known that the newborn is in good health.
Sole survivor of her family
This girl is the sole survivor of a family in which all members They died when their four-story building collapsed. ANDn this town near the border with Turkey, emergency teams found the bodies of his father, Abdalá Mleihan, his mother, Aafra, his three sisters, his brother and his aunt on Monday.
“We were looking for Abu Rudayna (Abdalá’s nickname) and his family. First we found his sister, then his wife, then Abu Rudayna, they were together against each other,” a family relative, Khalil Sawadi, told AFP. , still shocked.
“Then we heard a noise and we dug (…), we cleaned the place and we found this little girl, praise God,” he says. The newborn she still had the umbilical cord attached to her mother. “We cut it and my cousin took the baby to the hospital,” she continues. In a video circulating on social media, a man is seen carrying a naked baby, covered in dust, with the cord through the rubble.
The little girl has bruises, but her condition is stable, according to the doctor. “Probably was born seven hours after the earthquake“he adds. He weighs 3,175 kg, so he was born on schedule, he says.
With their few means, it took the rescuers hours to remove the rubble to extract the bodies of the rest of the family. They were placed side by side in a relative’s house, covered with sheets, awaiting the funeral. In the room, Khalil Sawadi lists their names.
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