Buildings are collapsing in seconds while watching, people are running for their lives, even the remnants of buildings are still alive. At the same time, a video of nurses trying to save newborn babies while the hospital building was shaking due to a powerful earthquake is now going viral.
The CCTV footage of Gaziantep Hospital is circulating. Nurses are seen rushing to the neonatal unit as the earthquake begins. Baby incubators that shake in an earthquake are held firmly with both hands so they don’t fall down. It keeps them safe for minutes without tipping over.
Nurses Devlat Nizam and Ghazwal Kaliskan risked their lives to save the newborn babies. Turkish political leader Fatma Sahin shared the video on Twitter.
Death toll from earthquakes in Turkey and Syria exceeds 25,000. 31,000 rescue workers are stationed in the affected areas. More than 80,000 people are in hospital for treatment.
Nurses in turkey hospital protect newborn babies in earthquake