- Title: Death toll rises to 37 in Pakistan earthquake, as families bury loved ones
- Date: 25th September 2019
- Summary: MIRPUR, AZAD PAKISTAN-ADMINISTERED KASHMIR (SEPTEMBER 25, 2019) (REUTERS) PEOPLE INJURED IN QUAKE LYING ON HOSPITAL BEDS AT DISTRICT HEADQUARTERS (DHQ) HOSPITAL ELDERLY WOMAN WITH BANDAGED HAND VARIOUS OF INJURED WOMEN IN HOSPITAL BEDS VARIOUS OF SMALL BOY WITH BANDAGE ON HEAD AND FOOT VARIOUS OF RELATIVES SITTING IN EMERGENCY WARD (SOUNDBITE) (Punjabi) RICKSHAW DRIVER WHOSE 10-YEAR-OLD SON WAS KILLED IN QUAKE, MOHAMMAD ZAMAN, SAYING: "My son was going for his tuition class. As he was walking out of the alley, the roof and a wall fell right over him, and he was buried underneath." VARIOUS OF CHILDREN SITTING WITH INJURED WOMAN HOSPITAL WARD WOMAN SITTING WITH GIRL WITH FRACTURED LEG FRACTURED LEG / GIRL'S FACE VARIOUS OF WOMAN WITH BANDAGED FEET SITTING ON HOSPITAL BED VARIOUS OF LABOURER AJMAL KHAN WHO FRACTURED ONE LEG AND AN ANKLE IN THE QUAKE SITTING IN HOSPITAL BED KHAN'S LEGS (SOUNDBITE) (Urdu) LABOURER WHO WAS INJURED IN QUAKE, AJMAL KHAN, SAYING: "I was sitting inside with my whole family when there was a sudden tremor. I started running. I ran out from inside but the outer wall fell over me." VARIOUS OF BOY WITH FRACTURED ARM SITTING IN HOSPITAL BED FRACTURED ARM RELATIVES STANDING WITH RIASAT KHAN, A TAILOR WHO HAS FRACTURED HIS BACK AND LEG IN QUAKE RIASAT KHAN LYING ON BED (SOUNDBITE) (Punjabi) TAILOR WHOSE BACK AND LEG WERE FRACTURED IN THE QUAKE, RIASAT KHAN SAYING: "The boundary wall fell over me, over my back, and that has broken my back. I could not move. Meanwhile, another wall fell over me. When the second wall fell over me, directly over my back, I was totally paralysed. I cannot move." VARIOUS OF MEDICAL STAFF LOOKING AT X RAYS OF INJURED VARIOUS OF DOCTOR TREATING INJURED VICTIMS (SOUNDBITE) (Urdu) MEDICAL TECHNICIAN AT DHQ HOSPITAL MIRPUR, MOHAMMAD RIZWAN, SAYING: "So far we have cleared 27 dead bodies (in this hospital); we have admitted 136 patients here, and we have sent the rest home after treating them. Among those who are admitted are seriously injured victims with head injuries and fractures of limbs. Most of them are women and children." RIZWAN SEATED AT HIS DESK RELATIVES AND POLICE OFFICIALS ARRIVING AT DHQ HOSPITAL, MIRPUR
- Embargoed: 9th October 2019 20:27
- Keywords: Pakistani Kashmir 5.8 magnitude earthquake District Headquarters Hospital Mirpur
- Location: MIRPUR, AZAD PAKISTAN-ADMINISTERED KASHMIR
- City: MIRPUR, AZAD PAKISTAN-ADMINISTERED KASHMIR
- Country: Pakistan
- Topics: Disaster/Accidents,Earthquakes/Volcanoes/Tsunami,Editors' Choice
- Reuters ID: LVA001AY5M893
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: The death toll from an earthquake that struck Pakistani Kashmir jumped to 37, officials said on Wednesday (September 25), as families mourned relatives and rescue teams sent supplies to the area.
A hospital in Pakistani Kashmir's Mirpur was abuzz with activity as scores of injured were rushed in for treatment.
Officials said the extent of the casualties, who included young children, emerged a day after the 5.8 magnitude earthquake struck as authorities were able to reach towns and villages around the region outside main population centres.
Tuesday's (September 24) earthquake levelled homes and shops and split open roads in an area between the towns of Jhelum and Mirpur to the north, part of which is in Pakistan's portion of the disputed territory of Kashmir.
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