Rescue workers rescued a newborn girl from beneath the rubble of a building that was destroyed by an earthquake on Monday in north-west Syria.
According to a relative, her mother went into labor shortly after the disaster and gave birth before she passed away. Additionally, her father, four siblings, and an aunt were murdered.
After the baby was pulled from the rubble in Jindayris, dramatic footage showed the man carrying the baby who was covered in dust.
She was now said to be stable by a doctor at an Afrin-area hospital.
In Jindayris, an opposition-held town in Idlib province close to the Turkish border, a 7.8-magnitude earthquake reportedly destroyed approximately 50 buildings, including the one where her family lived.
According to Khalil al-Suwadi, the baby’s uncle, relatives rushed to the scene as soon as they learned of the collapse.
He stated on Tuesday to the AFP news agency, “We heard a voice while we were digging.” After clearing the debris, we discovered the baby’s intact umbilical cord, cut it, and my cousin took her to the hospital.
The infant had “several bruises and lacerations over all her body” when she arrived at his hospital, according to paediatrician Hani Maarouf.
“The severe cold also caused her to arrive with hypothermia. We had to give her calcium and warm her up,” he continued.
During a joint funeral for her mother Afraa, father Abdullah, and four siblings, she was captured lying in an incubator with a drip attached.
According to the Damascus-based government and the White Helmets, whose volunteer first responders operate in opposition-held areas, they are among the 1,800 known victims of the earthquake in Syria.
Turkey, the epicentre, has seen an additional 4,500 fatalities.
1,020 deaths have been reported by the White Helmets thus far, but they have stated that this number is likely to “rise dramatically.”
“The clock is ticking. hundreds remain entangled in the rubble. “On Tuesday, they tweeted, “Every second could save a life.”
“We appeal to all humanitarian organizations and international organizations to provide organizations responding to this disaster with material support and assistance,”
The United Nations has stated that deliveries have been temporarily halted due to damaged roads and other logistical issues, but it has pledged to use “any and all means” to deliver aid to people in the northwest.
When so many people are in such dire need, it has also urged governments not to politicize the delivery of aid.
Deliveries from Turkey into the northwest can only be made through one border crossing, as authorized by an agreement with the UN Security Council. Damascus is supposed to be the destination for all other deliveries, though the government has only helped with a small amount of “cross-line” aid in the past.
4.1 million people in the northwest, the majority of whom were women and children, were surviving on humanitarian assistance prior to the earthquake.
