"An English doctor in #Syria: Pity the children - the horror I saw" "A boy sat on a chair, with his hands outstretched, shivering and quiet. Ahmed, 15, was naked apart from underpants. I looked at his hands – the skin was falling off as if he had been peeled. A scream pierced the general noise. It was that of a young girl, 17-year-old Seham, lying on a trolley in absolute agony, where even a light touch was beyond what she could bear. She had suffered burns all over her body, including her face – the pain unimaginable. A nearby private school, the Iqraa Institute had been hit by a thermal bomb. This is opposition-held territory; the bomb came from the government. In those initially chaotic moments we thought the hospital was under attack. Not such an unlikely thought, as hospitals have been hit previously in this war, as outlined in a recent report by the UN’s Independent Commission of Inquiry on Syria (Icis)." Please read the full story below! independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/an-english-doctor-in-syria-pity-the-children--the-horror-i-saw-8847628.html
Posted on: Mon, 30 Sep 2013 19:32:02 +0000
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