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: Abdulghani Sankari, Basel Atassi, Mohammed Zaher Sahloul
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:0a20eba651644d76bdc98a19e119be532021-12-02T17:05:51ZSyrian field hospitals: A creative solution in urban military conflict combat in Syria2231-07702249-446410.4103/2231-0770.118467https://doaj.org/article/0a20eba651644d76bdc98a19e119be532013-07-01T00:00:00Zhttp://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.4103/2231-0770.118467https://doaj.org/toc/2231-0770https://doaj.org/toc/2249-4464Since 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.Abdulghani SankariBasel AtassiMohammed Zaher SahloulThieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd.articlefield hospitalcombat medicinesyriawar medicineMedicineRENAvicenna Journal of Medicine, Vol 03, Iss 03, Pp 84-86 (2013)
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Abdulghani Sankari
Basel Atassi
Mohammed Zaher Sahloul
Syrian field hospitals: A creative solution in urban military conflict combat in Syria
description 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.
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author Abdulghani Sankari
Basel Atassi
Mohammed Zaher Sahloul
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title Syrian field hospitals: A creative solution in urban military conflict combat in Syria
title_short Syrian field hospitals: A creative solution in urban military conflict combat in Syria
title_full Syrian field hospitals: A creative solution in urban military conflict combat in Syria
title_fullStr Syrian field hospitals: A creative solution in urban military conflict combat in Syria
title_full_unstemmed Syrian field hospitals: A creative solution in urban military conflict combat in Syria
title_sort syrian field hospitals: a creative solution in urban military conflict combat in syria
publisher Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd.
publishDate 2013
url https://doaj.org/article/0a20eba651644d76bdc98a19e119be53
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