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A Secret Hospital in Syria

HEROIC MEDICINE

Over the past two months, as the carnage has continued, Medecins Sans Frontieres has secretly been providing emergency care to people in Aleppo and the surrounding provinces.

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By Ruth Sherlock

Medecins Sans Frontieres has been secretly operating a field hospital in Syria for the last two months, with doctors performing hundreds of life-saving operations on those caught up in the conflict, the organization disclosed.

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The state-of-the-art medical center, which is equipped with an emergency room, operating theater, and resuscitation...

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