Scots medic braves aftershocks to help pregnant mums plucked from earthquake rubble in Turkey
A Scottish medic has braved powerful aftershocks to help pregnant mothers who have been pulled from the rubble following a devastating earthquake in Turkey. Obstetrician Paul Holmes is part of the UK-Emergency Medical Team deployed to the disaster zone through the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office .
“I think when you are in a stressful situation and pregnant you probably transfer lots of that anxiety towards the baby, so it’s been really nice to be able to reassure these women. We are based in the grounds of a hospital that is no longer usable because of the earthquake, so we are able to offer ultrasound scans and help them hear the baby and let them know the pregnancy is still going nicely despite the trauma they’ve gone through.
“It’s not enough to knock you off your feet but the closest thing I can compare it to is when you are on a boat in choppy seas. You are not being thrown from side to side, but if you were trying to walk, you’d be unstable.” “Kids are coming in with lots of respiratory infections and illnesses, partly from living in tents in temperatures of minus 7 or 8 at night. I know the tents we are camping in have had ice on the inside some mornings, never mind on the outside.”
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