19 countries set up 22 field hospitals in Türkiye's quake-hit southern region

By Faruk Zorlu

ANKARA (AA) - Nineteen countries have set up 22 field hospitals in southern Türkiye which was jolted by two strong earthquakes on Feb. 6, the Turkish Foreign Ministry said Wednesday.

A total of 90,015 tents, 167 living containers and 999 mobile hygiene units have been brought to Türkiye with the coordination of foreign representatives, it wrote on Twitter.

As a part of aid in kind, 1,344,234 blankets, 196,538 sleeping bags, 74,750 beds, 26,622 generators, 5,722 tons of clothing, 3,065 tons of hygienic medical supplies and 5,678 tons of food reached Türkiye, it said.

More than 42,000 people have been killed in the earthquakes, according to the country’s disaster management agency.

The powerful tremors were centered in Kahramanmaras and shook 10 other provinces -- Hatay, Gaziantep, Adiyaman, Malatya, Adana, Diyarbakir, Kilis, Osmaniye, Sanliurfa and Elazig.

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Türkiye will begin constructing more than 200,000 homes as early as March in areas devastated by the earthquakes and complete the process within one year.