ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Surgical teams from the World Health Organization have come to Kurdistan to provide care for trauma victims of the earthquake. "A medical team supported with three ambulances, four tents and emergency lifesaving supplies" were deployed to the Emergency Hospital in Sulaimani, WHO stated. Three health facilities were damaged in the earthquake, and two of which remain "nonfunctional." The health supplies are sufficient for 200 surgical operations, according to the organization. WHO's support is in response to a request from the Kurdistan Regional Government's Joint Crisis Coordination Center, Ministry of Interior, and Sulaimani's health directorate. Kurdish health officials had previously announced shortages of medicines and supplies. The 7.3 magnitude earthquake struck near Halabja, Kurdistan Region, near the Iran-Iraq border Sunday evening and could be felt throughout the Middle East. With a confirmed death toll of more than 500 people, the earthquake was the deadliest in 2017, eclipsing the one that hit Mexico City in September which killed more than 200 people. Iranian officials estimate at least 10,000 people are injured.
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