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War, War, War See other War, War, War Articles Title: Doctors Without Borders Staff Shot While Fleeing Kunduz Hospital, Report Finds "MSF doctors and other medical staff were shot while running to reach safety in a different part of the compound." . The medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders released its internal report on Thursday about the October attack on its hospital in Kunduz, Afghanistan. At least 30 people were killed in the airstrikes, led by U.S. forces, the report said. "Patients burned in their beds," it added, and "medical staff were decapitated and lost limbs." The organization found that "a patient in a wheelchair attempting to escape from the inpatient department ... was killed by shrapnel from a blast." The report also revealed that pilots shot at staff members fleeing the hospital. "Many staff describe seeing people being shot, most likely from the plane, as people tried to flee the main hospital building that was being hit with each airstrike," the report said. "Some accounts mention shooting that appears to follow the movement of people on the run. [Doctors Without Borders] doctors and other medical staff were shot while running to reach safety in a different part of the compound." Although the review isn't finished, Doctors Without Borders President Dr. Joanne Liu said that the organization released the report to "counter speculation and to be transparent." The U.S. said last month that the airstrike was a mistake, but Doctors Without Borders, also called Médecins Sans Frontières, or MSF, has called it a war crime and demanded a humanitarian investigation. "The question remains as to whether our hospital lost its protected status in the eyes of the military forces engaged in this attack -- and if so, why," the report stated. "The answer does not lie within the MSF hospital. Those responsible for requesting, ordering and approving the airstrikes hold these answers." The facility was "fully functioning as a hospital with 105 patients admitted and surgeries ongoing at the time of the US airstrikes," according to the report. Explosions from the attack rocked the northeastern Afghan city in the middle of the night on Oct. 3. It was the 12th U.S. airstrike in the area in a five-day period. During the hour-long attack, hospital staff made 18 distress calls and texts to officials in both Afghanistan and the U.S. A week before the bombing, the Taliban had captured Kunduz -- the first time the group had taken a major urban center in almost 15 years. This is a developing story and will be updated. Post Comment Private Reply Ignore Thread Top • Page Up • Full Thread • Page Down • Bottom/Latest Begin Trace Mode for Comment # 4.
#1. To: Ada (#0)
Why are these doctors leaving the usa to get shot? The usa has no borders and is an easy place to get shot in. They should just stay here instead of leaving. Would save them a lot of trouble.
In Afghanistan and Yemen where the Saudis bombed another hospital the doctors don't have to put up with Medicare and the insurance companies.
Who is buying the medical supplies? Probably can be traced back to the us taxpayer.
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