Qatar sets up field hospital and shelters for victims of Afghanistan earthquakes

LONDON: The Qatar International Search and Rescue Group, a specialist unit within the Internal Security Force (Lekhwiya), has established a temporary field hospital in eastern Afghanistan to provide medical assistance to people affected by three major earthquakes in the area over the past week. The group said on Monday that some of the injured were treated at the field hospital, while critical cases were transferred to major medical facilities in nearby governorates. It has also provided tents as temporary shelters for families left homeless by earthquakes, the Qatar News Agency reported.

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