Assad's Barrel Bombs Leave Maimed Aleppo Residents Hopeless
Doctors Without Borders reveals bleak picture in Aleppo, where regime bombs and destroyed medical system lead to mass amputations.
By Arutz Sheva Staff
First Publish: 3/11/2015, 9:36 PM
Child killed in Aleppo barrel bomb (file)
Reuters
Civilians maimed in devastating barrel bombings by Syria's regime in the divided city of Aleppo face a dire shortage of surgeons, wheelchairs and artificial limbs, a humanitarian group said Wednesday.
A chronic lack of medical equipment as well as inadequate post-operative care mean doctors often carry out amputations when normally the limb could be saved, Doctors Without Borders (MSF) said.
Finding a wheelchair is almost impossible, while prosthetic limbs and rehabilitation are in short supply, the group said in a report on the bleak situation in rebel-held areas of Syria's second city.
Some people bring blown-off limbs into hospitals with the wounded in the hope that they can be reattached, but a lack of facilities means this is usually impossible, MSF said.
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