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90-y old quake-hit woman survives 15 days under rubble

     Muzaffarabad: The devastating October 8th earthquake, which hit Pakistan, PoK, and northern parts of India, killed more than 55,000 people,and spared few with its fury, but surprisingly a 90-year-old woman was rescued from under the rubble in Muzafarrabad, after almost 15 days of the quake. The doctors attending to the old woman said that her condition was stable, and she was currently being treated at a field hospital, an Online News agency report said. The woman's rescue is surprising considering that a week after the quake, the focus of aid efforts shifted from rescue to providing relief as the chances of finding survivors was considered negligible. Meanwhile, rescue teams from local areas and abroad rushed to Pakistan-occupied- Kashmir and NWFP after the devastating earthquake that has killed at least 50,000 people, but it was not clear who was responsible for rescuing the woman on Sunday.