Vice, 4 November 2014
“The hospital is run by Emergency, one of the best NGOs I have ever encountered. It was a normal facility before foreign troops were deployed here, but it has since become a trauma unit, treating nothing but severe war injuries. The hospital and its staff are operating at full capacity. Every room that once served some other function — like the pharmacy and the playroom — has now been converted into a ward. And every ward is full. The security situation in Helmand is so dire that the foreign medical staff is restricted to working behind the walls of the hospital and resting behind the walls of their communal house. The only time they step outside those walls is on the short journey between the two. The other hospital in Lashkar Gar is officially state-run, but supported by Doctors Without Borders (MSF), another NGO. Despite all the talk of reconstruction and development — and the hundreds of billions of dollars spent by the US and other foreign governments — these are the only two hospitals in Helmand.” […]
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