"Derna, today, is broken in two. "Almost everyone in the city is in mourning and suffering," said Michel-Olivier Lacharite, the head of emergencies at the medical charity Doctors Without Borders. "Some children refuse to drink water for fear of drowning," he said, after meeting flood survivors in Derna. "Patients complained of flashbacks, of not being able to sleep between 2:30 am and 5:00 am -- the time when the deadly wave engulfed the city. "The aid group deployed medical teams on the ground after the disaster, including mental health professionals, to respond to the crisis.It says it is working with Libya's health ministry to establish a mental health unit.

Source: Libya Today October 06, 2023 05:13 UTC