The video was published by Turkey’s health minister
The Minister of Health of Turkey Fahrettin Koca shared on his Twitter account the sacrifice of a nurse, who worked at the hospital İnayet Topçuoğluduring the earthquake, which was caught on camera.
The minister wrote: “Our friends at Gaziantep İnayet Topçuoğlu Hospital saved our sick children at the cost of their lives during the earthquake. There are many similar examples in other hospitals as well.”
Gaziantep İnayet Topçuoğlu Hastanesinde taşıkli arkadaslarımız deprem anında canları pahasına hasta çocuklarımız kurtarı. Bunun bāksa hospitallerimizde de çok saksi var. Daha ilk anda deprem illerine koşmaya koşmaya insanlarımız da same şei yağıpti. pic.twitter.com/4R7vsAH2y7
—Dr. Fahrettin Koca (@drfahrettinkoca) February 12, 2023
The video shows hospital workers running at the onset of the earthquake. The nurse is seen running towards the ward where the children are being treated.
The woman first enters a room where a child is being treated, takes it in her arms and then goes to the next room to direct the hospital workers. The last seconds of the video show her safely leaving the hospital with the child in her arms.
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