Save the Children describes healthcare disaster in Syria

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Save the Children describes healthcare disaster in Syria

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/save-children-describes-healthcare-disaster-syria-224134461.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/6QGNLNcP4nPxCVEc8AJByQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2014-03-09T224134Z_1_CBREA281R1J00_RTROPTP_2_CNEWS-US-SYRIA-CRISIS-HEALTHCARE.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="A view shows damages inside a room at Raqqa national hospital" align="left" title="A view shows damages inside a room at Raqqa national hospital" border="0" /></a>Newborns freezing to death in hospital incubators, doctors cutting off limbs to stop patients from bleeding to death, surging cases of polio: a new report published on Monday paints a dire picture of Syria's collapsing healthcare system. The report, issued by charity Save the Children, said some 60 percent of Syria's hospitals have been damaged or destroyed since the start of the three-year-old conflict and nearly half of its doctors have fled the country. Over 140,000 people have died in the war, which started as a peaceful protest movement against President Bashar al-Assad and degenerated into civil conflict fuelled by regional and international rivalries. In its report, Save the Children described the fallout from the collapse of the medical system as &quot;horrific,&quot; as remaining hospitals and medical staff struggle to treat hundreds of thousands of people wounded by the fighting.</p><br clear="all"/>

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