France is sending a field hospital “within 24 to 48 hours” to the country, announces the Elysée

Faced with the damage caused by storm Daniel in Libya, France is sending aid. The Elysée announces, Tuesday September 12, the arrival of “24 to 48 hours” of a field hospital in the country. Of the “Civil Security emergency teams” will complete the workforce, brought to a “fifty civilian and military personnel”, specifies the Presidency of the Republic. These emergency services will be able to care for around 500 injured people per day, concludes the Elysée.

The floods left more than 7,000 injured and 5,000 other people are still missing, two days after widespread flooding in the east of the country. The spokesperson for the Libyan Rescue and Emergency Service claimed that at least 2,300 people, according to its latest report.

According to this emergency spokesperson, “humanitarian needs far exceed the capacities of the Libyan Red Crescent and even the capacities of the government”. Three Red Crescent volunteers have already died while helping the victims.