as their houses collapsed, and then you have ordinary background, normal primary and secondary problems you d see in any population of this size, so a significantly increased caseload and a significantly decreased ability to deal with that, which is why we and the army are here. seb burn, we have been reporting two more border crossings will be opened up to allow aid to flow into northern syria. is that anything the british military will be involved with? as british military we do not routinely go into syria so that won t be something we will be doing, we are focused on the aid effort in turkey. we have a number of partner organisations who are working inside syria, are present inside syria, and we have been talking to them. the needs are unbelievable, it is catastrophic. so we will, as uk med, be working with partners who provide
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or across the borders. the white helmets emergency group says people in the region have felt disappointed and abandoned. the basic aid that will now hopefully reach them will make living possible, but their lives in a country still locked in a civil war won t be easily rebuilt. vincent mcaviney, bbc news. david wightwick is chief executive of uk med, a charity which deploys british nhs medics to emergencies he s in turkoglu, turkey. he s joined by lieutenant colonel seb burn. he is from the uk military. thank you forjoining us, i can only imagine how busy you are. david wightwick, can you give us a sense of what is going on? we wightwick, can you give us a sense of what is going on? of what is going on? we are in a town of about 80,000 -
of what is going on? we are in a town of about 80,000 people, | town of about 80,000 people, turkoglu. the hospital behind us is out of action, bits of it have collapsed. we have set up a medical unit, a field hospital if you like, we are working alongside the turkish emergency medical teams to have one big replacement facility so we can serve the people around who have been living in the open, many of them, for a few days. lieutenant colonel seb them, for a few days. lieutenant colonel seb burn, them, for a few days. lieutenant colonel seb burn, what - them, for a few days. lieutenant colonel seb burn, what is - them, for a few days. lieutenant colonel seb burn, what is the . colonel seb burn, what is the british military doing? we colonel seb burn, what is the british military doing? we had teams in turkey the british military doing? we had teams in turkey the day british military doing? we had teams in turkey the day after british military doing? we had teams in turkey the
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