NAYPYIDAW, Myanmar – A massive earthquake Friday turned a major hospital in Myanmar’s capital into a “mass casualty area,” while at least three people
POWERFUL QUAKE. Police stand next to the debris of a construction site after a 30-atory building collapsed in Bangkok on Friday, following a 7.7 magnitude earthquake which rocked neighboring central Myanmar, buckling roads in the capital Naypyidaw, damaging buildings and forcing people as well to flee into the streets in neighboring Thailand.
Hundreds of casualties were taken to a hospital in the capital Naypyidaw, with the wounded being treated outside because of damage to the building. The emergency department’s entrance had collapsed on top of a car.“I haven’t seen like this before. We are trying to handle the situation. I’m so exhausted now,” a doctor told AFP.
The rare plea from the junta raises the prospect that damage and casualties may be on a large scale, with Myanmar’s medical system and infrastructure ravaged by four years of civil war.Deputy Prime Minister Phumtham Wechayachai told reporters at least three workers had been killed, with 81 more trapped inside.
“I quickly rushed out of the shop along with other customers,” said Sai, 76, who was working at a minimart in Chiang Mai when the shop started to shake.Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra declared a state of emergency in Bangkok, where some metro and light rail services were suspended, further snarling the city’s already notorious traffic.The quake was felt across the region, with China, Cambodia, Bangladesh and India all reporting tremors.
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