Earthquake Venezuela: Mobile Medical Units for Crisis Region
Cologne/Caracas. Malteser International’s Emergency Response Team arrived in the disaster zone over the weekend and has begun operations. “The situation on the ground is catastrophic. In fact, isolated rescues are still taking place. Absolute silence is required in the surrounding area to hear survivors in the rubble. The silence hanging over the destroyed homes moved me deeply. There are too few ambulances, and some of the injured are being transported improvised on motorcycles to nearby hospitals. There is a particular shortage of emergency medical equipment, medicines, and supplies for trauma care,” says Jonas Jung, Emergency Relief Coordinator at Malteser International, from La Guaira.
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