Dr. Muladad couldn’t sleep the whole night as he had to lead his staff in treating a wave of patients following the earthquake in eastern Afghanistan. He is the head of the provincial hospital in Asadabad, the provincial capital of Kunar.

He said they are admitting “one patient every five minutes,” and the hospital is completely full of injured people.

According to him, 188 injured people — including women and children — were brought to the hospital in the last few hours, with many patients forced to lie on the ground after bed space ran out.

Dr. Muladad described the situation as a “crisis” he never expected and declared an emergency at the hospital.

Nearly 250 injured people have also been taken to the main hospital in neighbouring Nangarhar province.

So far, four dead bodies have been taken to his hospital, Dr. Muladad said, adding that dozens more were transported to other local clinics.

Source: BBC live updates