in the hospital in Earthquake-hit Northwestern Syria 8-year- Old Hana follows the question for news of Ha familyunaware that she is the only survivor among her immediate kin.
her father mother And the 4-year-old sister was among the nearly 40,000 people killing in Twin earthquakes of magnitude 7.7 and 7.6 hit Turkey and Syria on Feb 6.
After years of war and displacement in Syria is a catastrophe for many orphans children When their families are lost under the rubble.
She keeps asking for Ha fatherHa mother Abdullah Sharif, Hana’s uncle, said in Maarat Misrin Hospital: in Idlib Governorate, northwestern Syria.
“We didn’t dare tell her truth Until now.”
Hana was trapped for 33 hours Under the rubble of I broke down to her building in border city of Haram before it is withdrawn out He was rushed to a hospital about 25 kilometers (15 miles) away.
When I got there, it wasin a critical Her doctor, Basil Setif, said: “She suffered from severe dehydration, as she was under the rubble without food or water and in the cold weather. “
Hana’s condition has since stabilized, and she smiles sometimes, despite the injuries on Ha face.
But she left arm and it in Setif said that the splint was broken during the earthquake, indicating that the splint team Doing it best to save it.
“She has it now left In the intensive care unit, her condition is stable. But she is in risk of Amputation of an arm.
‘shock on summit of shock’
In a crowded hospital room with Valentine’s Day balloons, Uncle Hana remains by her side. But he fears that her condition will only get worse when she learns of behold your family’s fate.
The little girl has only her grandparents and uncles to raise her in This opposition regionand home for about 4 million peoplea lot of They were displaced from other areas of War-torn Syria.
It was affected by an earthquake last week more from 7 million childrenincluding 2.5 million in Syria alone, according to spokesman James Elder for United Nations Children’s Agency UNICEF.
he says The disaster has accumulated more misery on Syrian children who They just witnessed tragedy in their lives because of The war that broke out out more more than a decade ago.
Every child under the age of Elder said that 12 had “knew nothing but conflict, violence or homelessness”. “some children They were displaced six or seven times.
“to much of these children … This is a shock on summit of shock.”
Samah Hadid of With the Norwegian Refugee Council also Be warned children They are in ‘psychological danger’ risk because of the size of Shock.”
Only screams
three-yearArslan’s son was the only survivor family after building in He was forbidden one of 35 at least destroyed.
His uncle Ezzat Hamdi says Rescuers continued digging for Three days to find the bodies of Arslan father and mother and siblings.
“we found the father’s body “Hugging the boy,” Hamdi, 30, said. mother’s body He was found 2 metres.
Since then the little boy has been kept in intensive care, with Hamdi is watching over for him.
Doctor Omar al-Ali said, “The child’s lower limbs were shattered” and he suffered internal damage of The children’s hospital in Sarmada.
About cult member memory of Save the White Helmets group that works in Rebel-held areas in Syria first hours of It was the most painful earthquake disaster.
We could only hear screams and moans of children,” he said, referring to the short bangs of Joy whenever rescuers found baby alive.
“We pulled out out a lot children who They are still alive, however also dead He said.
“the children of our region They lived through many tragedies. We hope they do lead A different life … and enjoy the support that any child in the world Obtains.”
