{"id":152445,"date":"2023-03-23T13:41:06","date_gmt":"2023-03-23T12:41:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/?p=152445"},"modified":"2026-01-13T14:44:19","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T13:44:19","slug":"medical-interns-helped-earthquake-victims-in-turkey-this-is-why-im-studying-medicine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2023\/03\/23\/medical-interns-helped-earthquake-victims-in-turkey-this-is-why-im-studying-medicine\/","title":{"rendered":"Medical interns helped earthquake victims in Turkey: \u2018This is why I\u2019m studying Medicine\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Medical interns S\u00fcheyl and Tevfik and general practitioner and PhD candidate Shakib Sana were in Turkey last month setting up a field clinic on the campus of Adiyaman University. \u201cAid in the region is a long-term matter.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A group photo of the volunteers who helped in Adiyaman. Above, second from left is Tevfik. Below, second from left is S\u00fcheyl. In the middle, with blue jacket, is Shakib Sana<\/span><\/p>

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\u201c\u2018Can anyone hear me?\u2019, a rescue worker shouts. There\u2019s nothing but silence all around in response. I held my breath and heard nothing, just sirens in the background. And I looked at the father of a child who was trapped under the rubble. There\u2019s absolutely nothing you can do in such circumstances.\u201d S\u00fcheyl is describing his first day in Adiyaman, where he was on standby along with Tevfik, Shakib Sana and other volunteers to provide medical care to earthquake victims pulled out from under the rubble.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The first day they are on standby to provide medical care if someone emerges from under the rubble.<\/span><\/p>

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They were in the region affected by the earthquake with a group of 150 volunteers last month. The team included GPs, an A&E doctor, medical students, a psychologist, nurses as well as construction workers, engineers and police officers helping out with the rescue work. They provided medical aid to the earthquake victims and set up a field clinic in a tent camp on the campus of Adiyaman University.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\t

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