Syrian field hospitals: A creative solution in urban military conflict combat in Syria

Since the war started in Syria nearly two years ago several independent organizations reported the use of medicine as a weapon by the Syrian authorities, killing of doctors and arresting patients who were admitted to the hospitals for treatment. In year 2012 the World Health Organization (WHO) found...

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Autores principales: Sankari, Abdulghani, Atassi, Basel, Sahloul, Mohammed Zaher
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2013
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Brief Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3818785/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24251237
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2231-0770.118467
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spelling pubmed-38187852013-11-18 Syrian field hospitals: A creative solution in urban military conflict combat in Syria Sankari, Abdulghani Atassi, Basel Sahloul, Mohammed Zaher Avicenna J Med Brief Report Since the war started in Syria nearly two years ago several independent organizations reported the use of medicine as a weapon by the Syrian authorities, killing of doctors and arresting patients who were admitted to the hospitals for treatment. In year 2012 the World Health Organization (WHO) found nearly 50% of hospitals are not functioning due to lack of staff, equipment and medicine. This report highlights how the doctors in Syria are creative and courageous to risk their own lives to save thousands of innocent lives. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2013 /pmc/articles/PMC3818785/ /pubmed/24251237 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2231-0770.118467 Text en Copyright: © Avicenna Journal of Medicine http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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