Order of Malta assists in earthquake relief efforts
(Vatican Radio) Rescue teams
from all over Italy are working around the clock in the hopes that more
survivors will be found under the rubble following a 6.2 magnitude earthquake
that hit the Lazio, Abruzzo and Marche regions on Wednesday morning.
One crew that has been sent
to Amatrice, one of the worst affected areas, is the Italian Relief Corps of
the Sovereign Order of Malta.
An assessment team made up of
five volunteers, including a doctor and a nurse has joined the staff of Italy’s
Civil Protection in the rescue effort and is providing medical care to
survivors.
One of those volunteers is
Giorgio Minguzzi who spoke to Vatican Radio about the Order’s relief activities
and the devastation he witnessed.
“Now we have 64 volunteers,
managing the local sports hall where we host 230 persons during the night”,
Giorgio said. “In the sports hall we are also managing all the stocking of
spontaneous donations, food stuffs and basic necessities and so on...” “On the
rescue side we have several search and rescue dogs in action right now.”
He also explained that
entering certain areas and reaching certain structures in Amatrice was still
very dangerous and that people need to be well trained for a situation like
this. …“helping is a very tricky task, good will is absolutely not
enough…” Giorgio also said, that the aftershocks are very dangerous. “Amatrice
is like a worst scenario and every shock can generate a new collapse…”
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