May 16, 2023
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As the death toll in the Turkey quake nears 50,000 and the country struggles to treat the wounded in the destroyed hospitals, a warship has been converted into a makeshift hospital.
The hospital equipped with electrocardiograms, X-rays, injections and ultrasounds has come up on a warship docked in the Iskanderun port.
Source: CGTN/YouTube
People in the area can get treatment from orthopedists, surgeons and paediatricians serving in the floating hospital.
So far, more than 2000 people have been given medical treatment in this makeshift hospital with a bedding capacity of 300.
References: CGTN
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