EVACUATED AFTER EARTHQUAKE

Shocking scenes in front of the hospital in Zagreb: In pajamas, patients are holding babies in their arms, wrapped only in blankets

Senior citizens in bed, some use oxygen to breathe better

Young patients hold babies in their arms. GORAN STANZL/PIXSELL

N. Ajnadžić

Shocking scenes in front of Zagreb's Sveti duh Hospital were recorded today.

After a devastating earthquake measuring 6.2 on the Richter scale with the epicenter 47 kilometers southeast of Zagreb, or three kilometers from Petrinja, patients and medical staff came out in front of the hospital.


No one is immune

Senior citizens are in beds, some using oxygen to breathe better, and young mothers and patients holding babies in their arms while in hospital pajamas sit in front of a medical facility, wrapped in blankets.

The doctors are there with them and are helping to get through these terrible moments.

No one remained immune to today's tragedy.


Patients in front of Zagreb's Sveti Duh Hospital. GORAN STANZL/PIXSELL

A 12-year-old girl was killed

Everyone is sending support and words of empathy to Croatia, especially Petrinja.

We remind you that a devastating earthquake destroyed many buildings in Petrinja. A 12-year-old girl was killed.

The exact number of injured is still unknown.

This earthquake was felt in Bosnia and Herzegovina, but also in Serbia.