A powerful earthquake and several aftershocks hit Myanmar on 28 March, causing damage to roads, bridges and buildings in Nay Pyi Taw Council Area, and also resulting in causalities. The international rescue teams and local teams jointly conducted rescue work, healthcare services and rehabilitation in respective townships promptly yesterday.
The rescue teams, doctors and nurses from international countries, foreign fire brigade, Tatmadaw and combined corps, staff from the Ministry of Health and Directorate of Medical Services and social welfare organizations proceeded to quake-hit areas in Nay Pyi Taw Council Area and conducted rescue work yesterday.
Rescue teams from Vietnam, along with doctors and nurses, are conducting search and rescue operations in the earthquake-affected staff housing areas of Zabuthiri Township using search and rescue dogs, support vehicles, and specialized equipment to aid in their efforts.
The teams are also transferring the bodies of victims to the respective township hospitals, providing medical care to those injured, and offering both physical and psychological support to ensure the well-being of the affected individuals.
Moreover, the local rescue teams, altruistic teams, medics and combined teams also went to quake-affected areas and conducted search and rescue operations using special equipment to assist the affected residents. They are also providing necessary medical care to the injured using mobile medical units and ensuring their swift transfer to the nearest hospitals and clinics. The elderly were also moved to safe and secure locations.
Similarly, the roads and bridges in Nay Pyi Taw Council Area were also destroyed due to the earthquake, and the officials launched repair work on them to facilitate transport flow.
The well-wishers and organizations donated foodstuffs, water bottles, cash, clothes and medicines, and the government also arranged temporary tents, mobile water trucks, and temporary water tanks, and mobile trucks selling groceries at cheap prices for quake-hit locals and staff in Nay Pyi Taw.
The rescue teams, medics and nurses from international countries arrived in Myanmar with humanitarian assistance and medicines for rescue work, 270 from China, 200 from India, 212 from Russia, 89 from Singapore, six from AHA Centre, 50 from Thailand, 106 from Vietnam, 50 from Malaysia, 122 from the United Arab Emirates, 24 from Laos, 66 from Belarus, eight from Turkiye, 40 from Bhutan, 90 from the Philippines, 55 from Bangladesh and 97 from Indonesia, totalling 1,485 from 16 countries arrived in the country until 31 March. — MNA/KTZH
