Patients have been killed in their beds; health workers have been attacked as they rescued the wounded. A hospital is where the most vulnerable, the sick and injured, gather in times of war. Attacks against medical facilities and health workers, whether deliberate or indiscriminate, are part of generalised violence and atrocities committed against civilians in armed conflict. They deprive people of health services, often when they need them the most.
“Most victims are hit when they’re walking down the street or waiting for the bus”
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Doctors strive to cope with shelling in East Ghouta besieged areas
Medics struggling against the odds under bombardment in besieged enclaves
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