Syrian child 'treated with mud' for severe burn wounds

[Sally]

Probably most of us here have children of our own and are grateful that our children never had to go through this.



Syrian child 'treated with mud' for severe burn wounds
Video purports to show child in Homs treated with mud for burns sustained by what activists say were incendiary weapons.

Activists said the mud was used as a cooling agent for the burns due to a lack of medical supplies [Al Jazeera]
Upsetting images have been released of a badly burned child in a rebel-held area of Syria being treated with mud for wounds allegedly sustained by a weapon similar to napalm.

The footage, released by the Homs Media Center on Sunday, purports to show the aftermath of several air strikes on Saturday night on the besieged al-Waer neighbourhood of Homs, the country's third largest city.

"After the bombing by war planes stopped, they began firing napalm," a doctor in the district said. "Some of the patients were burnt."

One video shows a young boy writhing in pain as a man rubs mud onto the child's head before removing his bandages and rubbing the thick sludge into his wounds.

Nedal, a Homs-based member of the Syrian Civil Defence, a volunteer rescue group that operates in rebel-held territory, said the man was forced to use mud as a cooling agent for the burns as there were no longer any medical supplies or materials in that part of the city.

Two children were killed and at least five others wounded by the napalm-like incendiary weapons, Nedal said.

Photos also showed the charred remains of two children, identified as Hamzah, a four-year-old boy, and Ayah, a seven-month-old girl.

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Syrian child 'treated with mud' for severe burn wounds

 

[The Great Goose]

That's horrifying.

 

[beagle9]

What ever happened to the powerful nations of this world, who should deplore and detest violence such as this, and them some how getting together to go into a place like Syria, end the war through occupation, and to remain there until those people learn that war is not the answer ? How is it that the strongest nations on earth are sitting back picking at these things like one does with a scab, and never allowing the open wound to heal ? Does the world get some sort of weird rush watching war destroy people like we are seeing today be destroyed ? If I were in charge of a super power, then things would be much different than what we see today. Humanity would be high on my priorities.

 

[The Great Goose]

What ever happened to the powerful nations of this world, who should deplore and detest violence such as this, and them some how getting together to go into a place like Syria, end the war through occupation, and to remain there until those people learn that war is not the answer ? How is it that the strongest nations on earth are sitting back picking at these things like one does with a scab, and never allowing the open wound to heal ? Does the world get some sort of weird rush watching war destroy people like we are seeing today be destroyed ? If I were in charge of a super power, then things would be much different than what we see today. Humanity would be high on my priorities.

Bill Hicks once said it was all made up. You watch the news and see all this horror. Then you look out the window and just see trees and birds.

Who knows.

 

[aris2chat]

good common sense.
mud, maggots and honey basic burn care for millennia

 

[Roudy]

Probably most of us here have children of our own and are grateful that our children never had to go through this.



Syrian child 'treated with mud' for severe burn wounds
Video purports to show child in Homs treated with mud for burns sustained by what activists say were incendiary weapons.

Activists said the mud was used as a cooling agent for the burns due to a lack of medical supplies [Al Jazeera]
Upsetting images have been released of a badly burned child in a rebel-held area of Syria being treated with mud for wounds allegedly sustained by a weapon similar to napalm.

The footage, released by the Homs Media Center on Sunday, purports to show the aftermath of several air strikes on Saturday night on the besieged al-Waer neighbourhood of Homs, the country's third largest city.

"After the bombing by war planes stopped, they began firing napalm," a doctor in the district said. "Some of the patients were burnt."

One video shows a young boy writhing in pain as a man rubs mud onto the child's head before removing his bandages and rubbing the thick sludge into his wounds.

Nedal, a Homs-based member of the Syrian Civil Defence, a volunteer rescue group that operates in rebel-held territory, said the man was forced to use mud as a cooling agent for the burns as there were no longer any medical supplies or materials in that part of the city.

Two children were killed and at least five others wounded by the napalm-like incendiary weapons, Nedal said.

Photos also showed the charred remains of two children, identified as Hamzah, a four-year-old boy, and Ayah, a seven-month-old girl.

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Syrian child 'treated with mud' for severe burn wounds

These must be the terrorists that Assad is going after.

 

[Roudy]

What ever happened to the powerful nations of this world, who should deplore and detest violence such as this, and them some how getting together to go into a place like Syria, end the war through occupation, and to remain there until those people learn that war is not the answer ? How is it that the strongest nations on earth are sitting back picking at these things like one does with a scab, and never allowing the open wound to heal ? Does the world get some sort of weird rush watching war destroy people like we are seeing today be destroyed ? If I were in charge of a super power, then things would be much different than what we see today. Humanity would be high on my priorities.

Bill Hicks once said it was all made up. You watch the news and see all this horror. Then you look out the window and just see trees and birds.

Who knows.

Well, just like Hollywood, Pallywood is an exportable industry.