Vital medical and emergency supplies are set to make their way from Lancashire to the international relief operation after this week's devastating earthquakes in Turkey and Syria
Vital medical and emergency supplies are set to make their way from Lancashire to the international relief operation after this week’s devastating earthquakes in Turkey and Syria.The earthquakes in southern Turkey and northern Syria are understood to have killed more than 21,000 people to date, injuring tens of thousands and leaving many without water, food, shelter, fuel or energy supplies.
The council has given the green light to donate £285,000 worth of spare Personal Protective Equipment to go straight to the emergency aid operation in the disaster zone. Dr Sakthi Karunanithi, director of public health for Lancashire County Council, said: “We want to help ensure life-saving assistance and equipment will go to those who are most in need, as part of an international aid operation.
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