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APRIL 2023 9th EDITION

The earthquake was also very severe in Adana. A Another survivor, who was caught in the
survivor from Adana said that they could hardly get earthquake while being a patient in the Gaziantep
out of the 5th floor in Adana's central Yurt Ersin Arslan State Hospital. He was standing with
Mahallesi. She continued: "I have never seen such a serum in his arm, after the kidney surgery he had
a thing in my life. We swayed for about a minute, the previous day, tells that he was shocked at what
four buildings which were about twelve and fourteen the patients went through. It was awful. Just a few
floors were demolished. I was on the fifth floor, I hours ago feeling deep pain was forgotten with the
have never seen such an earthquake this intense in earthquake. We are all happy to be transferred to
my life. It was mild at first, then paused a bit, then other hospitals.”
continued violently. I just wanted to save my son. I
called out to my son in the other room and he There are several other experiences and scary
couldn't understand what was going on either. I stories about the earthquake. All of them are as
said, “It is an earthquake, at least let's die together precious and unique. We hope all of them recover
in the same place'. I said let's die on the doorstep. It soon.
was the only thing that crossed my mind. It went on,
on and on, we stood in the doorway for a minute but
it was like a very long time like eternity.”