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Dunblane doctor shares work helping mums-to-be caught up in tragic earthquake zone
dailyrecord.co.ukA medic from Dunblane has told of his work helping mums-to-be rescued from the rubble of the devastating earthquakes that struck Turkey and Syria.Obstetrician Paul Holmes is part of the UK-Emergency Medical Team deployed to Turkey through the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO).Normally based at the Forth Valley Royal Hospital in Larbert, Stirlingshire, Paul arrived in Turkey on February 11 and is working alongside Turkish medics at a joint MoD-FCDO field hospital in Turkoglu, southern Turkey.The dad-of-four is no stranger to natural disasters having also travelled to Nepal in 2015 to treat those injured in a devastating earthquake which killed 8,964.Paul – who returned from his three-week deployment in Turkey on Saturday – said: “I’ve come across mums who have literally been pulled out of the rubble.
They had not been dramatically badly injured thankfully.“There’s been a few follow-up appointments with those with earthquake injuries like taking stitches out.“Carrying a baby is obviously worrying for any mother at the best of times, let alone when you have survived an earthquake on this scale and in many cases have been left totally homeless and sleeping in a tent.
I think when you are in a stressful situation and pregnant you probably transfer lots of that anxiety towards the baby, so it’s been really nice to be able to reassure these women.“We are based in the grounds of a hospital that is no longer usable because of the earthquake, so we are able to offer ultrasound scans and help them hear the baby and let them know the pregnancy is still going nicely despite the trauma they’ve gone through.”More than 50,000 people have been killed in southern Turkey and northern Syria and thousands more remain missing.
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