Johan Von Schreeb, professor of global disaster medicine, arrived in Turkey on Wednesday. Together with a British organization, he will coordinate the international aid efforts so that these reach those most in need.
– It is a huge challenge to quickly get everything in place. There is a lack of fuel and electricity and it is difficult to provide healthcare when many of the hospitals have collapsed, he says in SVT’s Aktuellt.
He describes a complicated job where, against your will, you have to opt out of certain things.
– Now I think you have to let go of digging for survivors, because you can only find the occasional one. All studies from past earthquakes show that.
– Therefore, we cannot spend too much resources on it, but now we have to care for those who have suffered injuries and protect vulnerable groups.
Hear more about the difficulties in aid work in the video above.