Two nurses who work at a hospital in Gaziantep, are being praised on social media after they were seen in a now-viral video trying to protect infants in the neonatal intensive care unit instead of vacating the building when a 7.8 magnitude earthquake ravaged the country.
The video was taken from a CCTV camera from a children’s nursery during the earthquake. The nurses, who have been identified as Devlet Nizam and Gazwl Caliskan were seen running to the maternity room when the interiors started shaking from the impact of the tremors. Each of them grabbed the incubators so that they won’t fall to save the children. They then kept holding till the earthquake stopped.
The video was shared on Twitter by Turkey politician Fatma Sahin.
Sağlıkçılarımız şahane insanlar👏#GaziantepBüyükşehir İnayet Topçuoğlu Hastanemiz yenidoğan yoğun bakım ünitesinde, 7.7'lik #deprem esnasında minik bebekleri korumak için Hemşire Devlet Nizam ve Gazel Çalışkan tarafından gösterilen gayreti anlatacak kelime var mı?
🌹🌼💐👏👏👏 pic.twitter.com/iAtItDlOwb
— Fatma Şahin (@FatmaSahin) February 11, 2023
Nizam and Caliskan have received a lot of praise for their bravery online. “Here are Turkish nurses putting their own lives in danger for newborns at the hospital, and we still have people who ask why should they help people! Charity is a duty. Western Liberalism turned charity into a voluntary action,” a user commented, while another noted, “Turkish healthcare professionals No words to describe the efforts made by nurses, Devlet Nizam and Gazel Çalışkan to protect tiny babies during the 7.7 magnitude #earthquake in the neonatal intensive care unit of a hospital in Gaziantep, Turkey.” One more stated, “Turkish neonatal nurses run to protect babies during the earthquake. there are no words to describe the level of care and compassion shown here.”
The death toll in Turkey is climbing by the day, following the earthquake that took place on February 6, 2023. It is being reported that 24,617 have already lost their lives inside Turkey, in a catastrophe that is being called the country’s deadliest earthquake since 1939. More than 3,500 have died in Syria, where tolls have not been updated since Friday.
