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Health: 7 deaths and 535 people injured by the earthquake
14/11/2017 12:00 am [rtl]Al-Janabi: Conditions of dams reassuring .. And the conditions recorded 100 Aftershocks Baghdad / provinces / morning The Ministry of Health, according to a final outcome prepared by the earthquake that hit the country last Sunday night seven deaths and 535 injured, while the Ministry of Water Resources that the status of dams safe with the permanence of monitoring . This comes at a time when the seismological monitoring body detected 100 aftershocks after the original quake, which ranged between 24 degrees on the Richter scale, while civil defense teams mobilized to rescue the injured and inspect buildings affected by the quake. The majority of the governorates were terrified by the force of the quake, forcing them to leave their homes for many hours until the end of the reactive effects, with quite a few cases of dizziness and high blood pressure, but most of them recover after receiving first aid in hospitals . Health toll: seven deaths and 535 injured The ministry has recorded seven deaths in Kurdistan and 535 injured in the earthquake that hit the country on Sunday, Health Ministry spokesman Saif al-Bader said in a press statement. He pointed out that the injuries were distributed by 321 people in Kurdistan, 170 in Diyala and 44 in Kirkuk, ranging from high blood pressure due to panic and fear. Al-Bader pointed to the readiness of the ministry and its staff and prepare them for any possibility according to a plan prepared in advance for any emergency, stressing the mobilization of all its institutions and follow-up position by communicating with health departments in Baghdad and the provinces. The Iraqi Red Crescent Society said in a press statement that most of the losses occurred in areas of Sulaymaniyah province, where two people were killed and more than 100 injured in Kalar district. Four people were killed and 100 injured in Darbandakhan district. Citizen, while the center of the district of Sulaymaniyah killed one person and injured more than 50 citizens. Medical services for the injured in Kurdistan In the same file, the spokesman of the Ministry of Health in the Kurdistan region, Dr. Khalas Qader, told the correspondent «morning» Sundus Abdul Wahab, that the medical and health staff mobilized their efforts to provide relief to those injured by the earthquake in the emergency lounges in the hospitals of Arbil, Sulaymaniyah, . He pointed out that the Ministry of Health is ready through its medical and health staff in all hospitals to provide support for emergencies that occur as a result of natural disasters. This was a state of panic and fear of the earthquake in the regions of Kurdistan, making families, especially in the provinces of Arbil, Sulaymaniyah and Halabja leave their homes, especially old ones, as well as those who live in residential buildings in the late hours of the night for fear of aftershocks. Resources: Safety of dams safe For his part, Minister of Water Resources Hassan al-Janabi said that the status of the dams of Iraq safe after the earthquake. "Initial reports from dam sites in Mosul, Haditha, Dukan, Darbandakhan, Hamrin and other dams are reassuring," Janabi said on his social networking site Facebook. "There is nothing clear about the danger, and the operators are on the alert and the surveillance is ongoing. "We will announce it immediately." He added that the skirmishes in the mountain next to the Derbindkhan dam had occurred, and pieces of stones and rubble had fallen in the waterway of the dam, and some of the neighboring houses had collapsed because it was the nearest source of the quake, pointing out that a team of ministry engineers and geologists went to support their colleagues. He pointed out that the amount of reservoirs in the Derbindkhan Dam is currently about 1.5 billion cubic meters (about 55 percent of the storage capacity), and is located at the bottom of the dam Damrin, which contains a storage space of about 1.6 billion cubic meters, if citizens warned them, the flood wave, if it happened In the event of the collapse of Derbandikhan, it can be absorbed in the Hamrin Dam. Al-Janabi warned residents of villages and districts of Bauh Noor, Kula, Joe, Klar, Shaikh Baba, Saadiyah, Baquba and Jalawla to take precaution and stay away from the riverbed, stressing at the same time that there is no doubt about the dam in Mosul. At the same time, the director of the Mosul Dam, Riyad Adnan, denied in a special statement to Al-Sabah the rumors launched by some media outlets about the collapse of small parts of the dam and the destruction of houses nearby. He stressed that the dam is witnessing high security and maintenance by engineers and technicians. The National Electricity System is working smoothly , said the official spokesman of the Ministry of Electricity Musab teacher for «morning», that the national electricity system was not affected by the earthquake that hit the country, pointing out that the Minister of Electricity Qasim Mohammed Fahdawi, instructed the ministry staff at the directorates of redistribution of nutrients Which may stop as a result of the earthquake, in addition to mobilizing the staff working in the directorates of the transfer of electricity and production directorates, as well as assigning the departments of the Secretariat of Baghdad and the municipal departments in the provinces, and prioritize the processing of electric power to service departments and hospitals. The teacher appealed to the citizens to exercise caution and caution from dealing with electricity distribution networks, and to resort to maintenance teams in the event of technical symptoms and pieces in order to maintain their safety. He pointed out that the complaints numbers of the General Directorate for the distribution of electricity Karkh is 157 and the General Directorate for the distribution of electricity Rusafa is ( 158), the General Directorate for the distribution of electricity chest (1012), and the general directorates for distribution in the provinces are (159). Return the Department of pension activity in turn, the National Pension Authority confirmed , according to a press release, the direct work in retirement buildings at Al Wathba Square and the building of the martyrs in central Baghdad starting on Tuesday after completing the examination of the building and ensure safety after an earthquake, octagonal, Undersecretary of the Ministry of Planning and Finance Maher Johan efforts And the Ministry of Construction and Public Municipalities to respond quickly and conduct field tests in terms of engineering and construction on these buildings. The National Retirement Authority, which stopped work in its buildings in Al-Wathba Square and the eastern section of central Baghdad on Monday to be exposed to damage due to the earthquake. A total of 100 aftershocks were recorded by the General Authority for Aeronautics and Seismic Monitoring. The Seismological Observatory reported that a tremor occurred in Iran's Kermanshah on Sunday evening in an area 6 km from the Iraqi-Iranian border from Khanaqin district, Km). It had a magnitude of 7.2 on the Richter scale, and its reverberations extended to all the provinces of the country. It was also felt by residents of areas in Turkey, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia. The authority called on citizens to exit the residential role when feeling a tremor and not to return to the inside of buildings only after ensuring the safety of buildings and refrain from using elevators and avoid the fall of towers and metal structures and hanging pipes. The director of the Seismic Monitoring Department in the Huda Abbas, she drew at a news conference to the occurrence of 100 aftershocks after the earthquake last Sunday, whose strength ranged between 24 degrees on the Richter scale. The Civil Defense teams mobilized to this, Interior Minister Qassim Araji, according to a press statement, the civil defense teams to mobilize their efforts and spread to the streets to help citizens from the earthquake that hit most areas of the country and in anticipation of any emergency or the possibility of other tremors. "The earthquake that occurred on Sunday night is the strongest in the history of Iraq," said geologist Fadhil Laoh. In 1999, there were 70 earthquakes in and around Sulaymaniyah. Earthquake cycles can occur from time to time, but with different forces. Ground tremors are energy retention that emerges through cracks in the form of waves that affect the structures. Infrastructure of poor quality ". In turn, said the expert predictor of the oldest air at Basra airport Sadeq Atiya: "The tremors of the ground is continuing, the latest occurred at 11:29 minutes before noon on Monday. 4.4 on the Richter scale 44 km east of Kfri in the city of Sulaymaniyah ». However, he noted that "aftershocks are always less severe than the major earthquake and their occurrence or location and their time is unpredictable." "There is no need for fear after the earthquake," he said. "There is a new shock. It is a liar. We have passed the danger stage, and the relapses that took place are weak, less powerful and dangerous." [/rtl] | |
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