MOSCOW. April 4 (Interfax) - The Russian Health Ministry's multipurpose field hospital deployed in Turkey to treat people injured in the earthquake admitted more than 5,000 patients over the past week, the ministry's press service said.
"Specialists of the Russian Health Ministry's Federal Center of Emergency Medicine who have been providing medical aid to those injured in the earthquake in Turkey helped Turkish colleagues treat 5,200 patients over the past week," the press service said.
Of them, over 1,000 people received in-patient treatment in this hospital. More than 15 patients suffering from chronic renal insufficiency underwent the required number of hemodialysis procedures.
The multipurpose field hospital in Turkey has 11 modules, with Russian and Turkish medical specialists working round-the-clock, the Russian health minister's aide Alexei Kuznetsov said. A similar multipurpose hospital has also been deployed in Syria's city of Aleppo, he said.
Since March 20, when the field hospital was deployed in Turkey, Russian specialists have provided medical assistance to nearly 9,000 people injured as a result of the quake, the ministry said.
The Russian embassy in Ankara said on Telegram earlier that an airmobile hospital of the Russian Health Ministry would be deployed in Turkey's Hatay Province to help those injured in the earthquake.
A 7.7 magnitude earthquake shook Turkey in the early hours of February 6. It was followed by a series of aftershocks, including one with 7.6 magnitude. The death toll stands at over 49,000.