>>> PROMINENT LOCAL -- RECENTLY RETURNED .

>> DOCTOR SAYER, THE GLOBAL HEALTH DIRECTOR AND ASSISTANT RESIDENT PROGRAM DIRECTOR AT THE ADVOCATE CRISIS MEDICAL CENTER.

WELCOME TO NEW YORK.

BACK TO THIS JOURNEY.

A 7.8 MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE, 50,000 AND COUNTING REPORTED DEAD.

TRANSLATE THIS TO THE VIEWERS TO WHAT YOU WITNESSED ON THE GROUND.

>> SOMETIMES YOU LOOK AT THESE NUMBERS AND YOU SEE A LARGE-SCALE EARTHQUAKE WITH SEVERAL PEOPLE INSIDE.

UNLESS YOU GO THERE AND YOU SEE THE DESTRUCTION , YOU CAN'T IMAGINE THE SCALE OF THE EARTHQUAKE.

YOU SEE FAMILIES WHO ARE DEVASTATED.

ONE OF THE STORIES THAT ARE STUCK IN OUR MIND A BOY, HE WAS PULLED FROM UNDER THE RUBBLE 44 HOURS .

HE LOST HIS FAMILY.

HE LOST PART OF HIS LEG BECAUSE OF A INJURY.

>> HE WAS UNDER THE RUBBLE FOR 44 HOURS AND YOU WERE ABLE TO OPERATE ON HIM AND SAVE HIS LIFE.

>> WE HAVE A ORTHOPEDIC SURGEON .

>> PART OF HIS LEG HAD BEEN CRUSHED BY RUBBLE THAT HAD FALLEN ON IT SO WHEN WE RECOVERED HIM THERE WAS NO BLOOD SUPPLY TO THE LEG.

THE ONLY THING WE COULD DO AT THIS POINT WAS TO AMPUTATE HIS FOOT AND IT WAS HEARTBREAKING FOR CHILD , WE ALL HAVE CHILDREN AND TO SEE THIS AND SEEING HOW HIS LIFE WILL BE AFFECTED FROM HERE ON OUT NOT JUST FROM THE TRAUMA OF HIS FOOT BUT LOSING HIS FAMILY, THE TRAUMA THAT HIS FAMILY HAD TO DEAL WITH.

>> YOU JUST HAVE TO IMAGINE HAPPENING ON THE SCOPE OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE EXPERIENCE THIS RIGHT NOW .

ACCORDING TO REUTERS, THE DEATH TOLL HAS SURPASSED 50,000.

TURKEY HAS SEEN PARTS OF THAT.

WHAT'S THE SCOPE OF THE HUMANITARIAN AND HEALTH CRISIS CURRENTLY?

>> AS YOU COULD IMAGINE, THE IMPACT WAS SUFFERING BECAUSE WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING AT IS A REGION CUT OFF FROM THE REST OF THE WORLD, THERE IS A SMALL STRIP OF LAND CONNECTING THEM TO THE OUTSIDE WORLD.

WHEN YOU'VE GOT A EARTHQUAKE OF THIS MAGNITUDE AND THIS MANY PEOPLE HAVE BEEN DEVASTATED BY THIS, THE BURDEN OF THE HEALTHCARE SYSTEM WOULD BE ONE THAT WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO HAVE ENOUGH RESPONSE.

WE SAW PEOPLE LOOKING FOR HELP WHO NEEDED HELP AND HELP WAS NOT GETTING TO THEM IN TIME.

>> AMERICANS FEEL THAT THE POLITICS OF THE REGION, THEY DON'T HAVE A GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH THE UNITED STATES HOW ARE YOU ABLE TO AT NAVIGATE THIS?

>> THIS PART OF SYRIA HAS 4.2 MILLION PEOPLE .

FROM OTHER PARTS THROUGHOUT THE STATES.

THEY WERE AT WAR .

THEY HAD BEEN BOMBED NONSTOP OVER THE LAST 12 YEARS.

THEY HAD CHEMICAL WEAPONS ATTACK.

THE ONLY ACCESS TO THE AREA FOR THOSE WHO ARE ABLE TO WORK WITH THE TURKISH GOVERNMENT, LED TO THIS PART OF SYRIA.

FROM THERE HE WENT TO PROVIDE TRAINING .

A PORTABLE ULTRASOUND.

TRAINING ON MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT.

THE SKILLS ON PSYCHIATRIC RECOVERY.

>> BE UNFATHOMABLE EVENTS FOR PEOPLE IN THE AREA THAT THEY FACED.

WHAT ABOUT THE PEOPLE WHO ARE ALIVE.

MILLIONS AND MILLIONS ALIVE.

ARE THE SANITARY CONDITIONS, THE HOUSING CONDITIONS AT THIS POINT?

>> THERE IS AN ENORMOUS NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO DON'T HAVE A PLACE TO LIVE.

OF THESE CHALLENGES IS TRYING TO --.

THE ISSUE OF SANITATION AND SAFETY.

THIS ALL BECOMES PROBLEMATIC.

IT'S ABSOLUTELY AN ISSUE.

FULLY RECOGNIZING IT'S A LARGER ISSUE.

GIVEN THE ISOLATION , THAT PART OF SYRIA, THE AREA HAS BEEN HARD-HIT WITH A LACK OF USE OF SUPPLIES.

>> $1,000,000.04 RELIEF, WHAT'S THE GAP BETWEEN WHAT IS NEEDED IN TERMS OF RESOURCES AND DOCTORS AND BOOTS ON THE GROUND VERSUS WHAT IS THEIR RIGHT NOW.

>> IT'S BASED ON WHAT IS NEEDED.

THEY SET THE GOAL BUT IF THERE'S ANY INDICATION IN TERMS OF WHAT THEY COULD DO IN THE RESPONSE TIME, THE LAG TOOK THE U.S. TO SHOW UP TO THE AREA I DON'T HAVE A LOT OF CONFIDENCE IN A HUMAN BEING BEING ABLE TO DO MUCH.

IT WILL REQUIRE THE ENTIRE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY, THESE ORGANIZATIONS, THESE DOCTORS WHO ARE THERE, A FEW WHO REMAIN THERE NEED SUPPORT IN ALL SORTS OF SUPPLIES, THEY NEED OTHER PEOPLE THERE TO HELP THEM SO IT'S REALLY A DEVASTATING SCENARIO AND PEOPLE HAVE TO STEP UP .

>> HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE DISPLACED RIGHT NOW ?

WHAT IS THEIR LIFELIKE ARE THEY LIVING IN FEAR GIVEN WHAT'S HAPPENED IN GIVEN WHAT'S THE CONDITION?

>> 300,000 PEOPLE ARE NOW NEWLY DISPLACED.

THIS AREA HAS CAUSED 200 MILLION PEOPLE TO BE DISPLACE KOS OF THE WAR.

BECAUSE OF THE WAR.

THEY LIVE IN POOR CONDITIONS.

WE WENT TO SOME OF THESE CAMPS AND IMAGINE YOU HAVE FOUR FAMILIES LIVING IN A TENT.

SOME FAMILIES ARE LOOKING FOR ATTEND AND THEY CAN'T FIND A TENT EVEN.

THIS REQUIRES A LOT OF ATTENTION.

WE NEED PERMANENT SOLUTIONS FOR DISPLACEMENT.

1.5 MILLION CAMPS .

LONG-TERM SOLUTIONS FOR THAT.

THE DIVISION OF SYRIA.

>> YOU MENTIONED THAT THIS BARBARIC CIVIL WAR AS I AM UNDERSTANDING SOME OF THESE POLITICS IS THAT CORRECT?

>> TRYING TO GET AID TO SYRIA, THIS IS -- I CAN'T UNDERSTAND ANY GOVERNMENT THAT WOULD PREVENT BABY MILK FROM GETTING TO THE POPULATION THAT THEY ARE BOMBING AND THIS IS WHAT'S HAPPENING .

>> SO THE POLITICS HERE COULD EVEN FURTHER COMPLICATE WHAT IS ALREADY A CRISIS.

PEOPLE WATCHING RIGHT NOW IF THEY WANT TO HELP WHAT WOULD YOU SAY TO THAT?

>> THE ORGANIZATION HAS DONE A PHENOMENAL JOB IN REACHING OUT TO PEOPLE IN TURKEY AND PARTICULARLY IN SYRIA AND I WOULD SAY THEY COULD SUPPORT THEM FINANCIALLY OR IN ANY WAY POSSIBLE.

HUMANITARIAN AND MEDICAL WORK.

THIS WOULD BRING SOME POLITICAL AWARENESS OF THE SITUATION.

>> THIS IS AN ORGANIZATION , THEY'VE SEEN A LOT OF CRISIS ZONES OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS.

GIVE US THE SCOPE OF THE WORK YOU ARE DOING.

>> THEY GO TO PLACES THAT PEOPLE ARE NORMALLY GOING TO BECAUSE OF THE SITUATIONS THAT THEY ARE ARRIVING TO.

THEY DEALT WITH THE REFUGEES AND THE MIGRANT CRISIS SO I THINK THE ORGANIZATION , THE GOAL OF THIS IS HOW WE CAN SUPPORT THE PEOPLE ON THE GROUND IN A WAY THAT AFTER WE LEAVE THESE AREAS THAT WE COULD SUPPORT THEM AND THEY COULD HELP THEMSELVES.

THAT'S ALL PEOPLE ARE ASKING FOR.

THEY WANT TO RELY ON THEMSELVES THEY ARE LOOKING FOR HANDOUTS OR FOR CHARITY.

I THINK MED GLOBAL IS TRYING TO