
Turkey-Syria earthquake six months on
"The earthquake greatly affected our work because hospitals were destroyed and had to be reconstructed.
"There is a lot of physical and moral damage at the same time."
Amani is Head Nurse at an ActionAid-funded hospital in north-west Syria. She told us that a lot of hospitals were destroyed by the earthquakes in February which has left communities without access to medical support and healthcare workers without the vital medical
supplies they need to treat patients.
Since the hospital has opened, Amani has seen dozens of patients arrive to access healthcare services, including pregnant women and new mothers who need pregnancy and antenatal care. The hospital is there to serve women living in the nearby camps for internally displaced people.
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