![]() ![]() "I was the only one providing for my family," the 60-year old said with a resigned, toothless smile. Thousands of people were left homeless, the majority now living alone in makeshift tents or, for a few such as Mouhamed El Makhconi, sheltering in genuine windproof tents provided by the interior ministry. The 6.8-magnitude quake that struck on September 8 was the most powerful ever recorded in the kingdom, with the provisional toll of 2,900 people dead likely to rise.Įntire villages were swallowed up, and with them the lives of hundreds of modest families. The separation of families, insecurity, loss of livelihoods and disruption of social contacts are all potential psychological problems, according to the UN organisation, which recommends urgent care to prevent the development of post-traumatic stress disorders. Survivors find themselves in a "state of acute stress with symptoms, often physical at first", Akanour said, adding that dizziness, palpitations, headaches and abdominal pain can be symptoms that "hide" a psychological problem.Īccording to the World Health Organization, nearly everyone who experiences such an emergency will suffer some psychological problems which, in most cases, will fade with time. Meanwhile villagers in more isolated hamlets, which have remained inaccessible, told AFP of their isolation and the absence of aid. Of the thousands injured in the powerful earthquake, "some were not only wounded and bruised in their flesh, they were also often 'bereaved', having lost their homes", said Adil Akanour, the only psychiatrist at the makeshift hospital, which was opened to the press on Tuesday. AFPĪfter her comes the turn of a man in his thirties, his eyes red from crying. ![]() ![]() Rescue workers evacuate a survivor after they rescued her from under the rubble of an earthquake-collapsed house in Imi N'Tala village near Amizmiz on September 12, 2023. ![]()
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