President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan offered his condolences in a statement on his social media, which said: ‘The news of the loss of four of our brothers in the crash of an air ambulance affiliated with our Ministry of Health in Muğla has deeply saddened our hearts.
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Footage from the site showed debris from the crash scattered around the area outside the hospital building, with several ambulances and emergency teams at the scene.
REUTERS/Kenan Gurbuz TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY] But as they were taking off, the helicopter hit the hospital building and crashed into a nearby field.
Two pilots, one doctor and a healthcare worker were taking off from the city of Mugla on their way to pick up a patient in the neighboring province of Antalya on Sunday morning.