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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| 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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| spelling | doaj.art-0a20eba651644d76bdc98a19e119be532022-12-21T19:26:54ZengThieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd.Avicenna Journal of Medicine2231-07702249-44642013-07-010303848610.4103/2231-0770.118467Syrian field hospitals: A creative solution in urban military conflict combat in SyriaAbdulghani Sankari0Basel Atassi1Mohammed Zaher Sahloul2Department of Medicine, Wayne State University; Syrian American Medical Society, Detroit MI, United StatesDepartment of Medicine, Wayne State University; Syrian American Medical Society, Detroit MI, United StatesDepartment of Medicine,University of Illinois, School of Medicine; Syrian American Medical Society, Detroit MI, United StatesSince 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.http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.4103/2231-0770.118467field hospitalcombat medicinesyriawar medicine |
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| title | 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_short | 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 |
| topic | field hospital combat medicine syria war medicine |
| url | http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.4103/2231-0770.118467 |
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