An asthma patient who fell ill in Tunceli was carried on a stretcher for 750 meters in forested land.

TUNCELI (AA) – A 60-year-old asthma patient, who became ill on the plateau he went to visit in Tunceli, was taken to the hospital by ambulance after being carried by the teams on a stretcher for approximately 750 meters in the forest area. 60-year-old Turabi G, who went for a walk to a plateau in the Fırtına Veli Çeşmesi area of Munzur Valley National Park in the city, fell ill due to asthma. Upon notice, Provincial Disaster and Emergency Directorate (AFAD), Munzur Search and Rescue, health and gendarmerie teams were dispatched to the region.

Working in difficult terrain conditions, the teams reached the location of Turabi G at the end of the hours-long journey. Turabi G, who received first aid by medical teams, was then carried on a stretcher for approximately 750 meters through the forested land and lowered to the Tunceli-Ovacık highway. Turabi G was taken to Tunceli State Hospital by an ambulance kept on the highway. 11The water discharged from a height of 173 meters at the Karakaya Dam and Hydroelectric Power Plant (HEPP) in Çüngüş district of Diyarbakır turned into a visual feast.

The amount of water in the basin of Karakaya Dam and HEPP, Turkey’s third largest dam and second largest hydroelectric power plant, reached 9.5 billion cubic meters with heavy rainfall. In the Karakaya Dam and HEPP, which has an installed capacity of 1800 megawatts with a total of 6 units, 2 discharge gates of the dam were opened in the first place on May 11, after 7 years, against the risk of possible floods due to the water level approaching the maximum level.

The discharge of pressurized water from the dam set, whose body height is 173 meters, turned into a visual feast. Rainbows occasionally form in the region due to sunlight.