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3 people were saved nearly 11 days after the earthquake

Feb 18, 2023

Ankara [Turkey], February 18: Vietnamese police end search and rescue in Turkey
Turkish Health Minister FahretinKoca said on Twitter on February 17 that the country's rescuers had pulled a 14-year-old boy and two men out of the rubble nearly 11 days after the 7.8 magnitude earthquake. on the Richter scale, according to AFP.
Mr Koca also shared a picture of the boy, named Osman, being carried on a stretcher with his eyes open. Rescuers found Osman after hearing sounds in the rubble of a building in Hatay, Turkey 's worst-hit province , according to Anadolu News Agency. About an hour after Osman was rescued, rescuers pulled two men, aged 26 and 33, from the rubble of a collapsed building in Hatay, Koca said.
As of the evening of February 17, at least 36,187 people in Turkey and 5,800 people in Syria had died, bringing the total number of deaths due to the recent earthquake to nearly 42,000, according to Reuters. Neither Turkey nor Syria said how many people were still missing.
The United Nations on February 16 called for more than $ 1 billion in funding for relief operations in Turkey, after two days of calling for $ 400 million in aid for the Syrian people. U.S. bank JPMorgan estimates the direct loss of physical structures destroyed by the earthquake in Turkey could be as much as 2.5% of GDP, or $25 billion, according to Reuters.
* On February 17, a representative of the Department of Fire and Rescue Police Department (C07) of the Ministry of Public Security said that the delegation of the Ministry of Public Security had finished humanitarian relief activities and was going to Istanbul (Turkey) to return home. . It is expected that around 3:25 pm on February 19 (Vietnam time) the group will return to Hanoi.
The group began search and rescue operations on February 11 and was assigned to three locations of Adiyaman City, one of the three regions most affected by earthquakes in Turkey. During 7 days on duty, the rescue team of the Ministry of Public Security coordinated to rescue 1 survivor and brought 14 victims' bodies out to hand over to medical authorities. Besides, the delegation also gave more than 2 tons of medicine and medical equipment to the Turkish government to support the country to overcome the disaster soon. On the morning of February 17, according to Turkish time, the mission ended the search and prepared to return home.
On the same day, February 17, the rescue and rescue forces of the Vietnam People's Army (PAVN) continued to carry out search missions in Hatay province, Turkey under a contract with local authorities. At a collapsed house in the above area, the team coordinated with the local rescue force and identified a location with 2 victims. After exchanging, the delegation handed over the scene to the local rescue unit to take the victim out to the family.
By the evening of February 17 (Vietnam time), the rescue force of the Vietnam People's Army had helped your country identify 12 locations with victims due to the recent earthquake, including 2 locations with signs of life. .
Source: ThanhNien Newspaper