Many of the injured were taken to hospitals in the Myanmar capital by cars or pickup trucks, according to the Bangkok Post. Meanwhile, other victims were carried on stretchers, their bodies covered in blood and dust. Some cried in pain, while others lay still with intravenous lines hanging nearby.

A hospital official described it as "a mass casualty site" and asked journalists to leave the treatment area.

The hospital itself was also hit by the earthquake and its aftershocks. The hospital’s emergency room was badly damaged. A car was crushed under concrete at the entrance.

A doctor at the hospital confided: "There are so many injured people coming to the hospital, I have never seen anything like this before. I am exhausted."

"Hundreds of injured people are arriving but the emergency building here has also collapsed," a security official at the hospital added.

General Min Aung Hlaing, leader of Myanmar's military government, visited the hospital and examined the condition of the injured.

Blood demand has soared in hospitals across Myanmar as medical staff scramble to care for the earthquake victims. The worst-hit areas of Mandalay, Sagaing and Naypyitaw are struggling to get the blood they need, according to Maj. Gen. Zaw Min Tun, spokesman for the Myanmar military government. He urged blood donors to contact hospitals as soon as possible.

The road to one of the biggest hospitals in Naypyitaw is jammed with traffic, the Independent reported.

WHO activates emergency system to respond to Myanmar earthquake

The World Health Organization (WHO) said it has activated its emergency management system to respond to the major earthquake that struck Myanmar and is mobilizing its logistics center in Dubai to prepare emergency supplies.

WHO spokeswoman Margaret Harris said the organization is coordinating the response to the earthquake from its headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, because what has just happened in Myanmar is a very serious threat to human life and health. She noted that WHO will focus on sending essential medicines.