He heard his wife screaming under the rubble in Turkey, rescued her and found care and comfort in Samaritan's Purse Hospital

"I cried when I saw you guys. You guys are hard workers. One person does the work of 10 people. A team like this is awesome."

Samaritan's Purse reports the story of a couple who arrived at their field hospital 8 days after the earthquake in Turkey. For their article, the organization calls them Kaan and Damla, aliases.

Kaan heard his wife's voice under the rubble. Rescuers were able to help him. It now remains up to Kaan to find a doctor to treat her. He uses almost all of his savings to travel by taxi from one hospital to another, without success. He is told that many doctors died in the earthquake.

It was eventually in the intensive care unit of Samaritan's Purse Field Hospital that he found medical personnel to care for her.

When she arrives, she suffers from acute kidney failure. His legs were stuck under the rubble for 9 hours. “She was on the edge of the abyss”, explains doctor Jim Brown, who is considering dialysis to save her.

"We did peritoneal dialysis four times a day, for four days, which allowed his creatine and potassium levels to drop. In the meantime, his kidneys were healing."

Kaan keeps thanking the Samaritan's Purse medical team.

"I cried when I saw you guys. You guys are hard workers. One person does the work of 10 people. A team like this is awesome."

"I'm so grateful," Kaan told staff, "I'm so blessed to have met you."

MC

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