Turkey: Quake survivor baby discharged from hospital

Turkey: Quake survivor baby discharged from hospital
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Summary Mother and daughter return home as Karaduman family mourns for the loss of baby girl Azra's father.

The youngest survivor of Turkey quake, Azra Karaduman and her mother were discharged from hospital early on Saturday, two days earlier than planned after emergency workers reached the body of the two week old babys father.First the baby, then the mother were pulled from the rubble of a collapsed apartment block on Tuesday (October 25) two days after the powerful earthquake struck in the southeast Turkey.Emergency workers have rescued 187 people alive from rubble but hopes of finding more survivors are fading and some teams were suspending searches on Friday.The death toll of the quake that struck eastern Van province near the Iranian border stood at 576 on Friday (October 28) night.

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