Children, teenagers among wounded Rohingya in crammed Bangladesh hospital

Record ID: 909438

  • Title: Children, teenagers among wounded Rohingya in crammed Bangladesh hospital
  • Date: 7th September 2017
  • Summary: CHITTAGONG, BANGLADESH (SEPTEMBER 7, 2017) (REUTERS) EXTERIOR OF CHITTAGONG MEDICAL COLLEGE HOSPITAL SIGN READING (English and Bengali): "CHITTAGONG MEDICAL COLLEGE HOSPITAL" VARIOUS OF WOUNDED PEOPLE LYING ON HOSPITAL FLOOR MAN WITH WOUNDED LEG SITTING ON FLOOR WOUNDED PEOPLE LYING ON GROUND AT HOSPITAL PEOPLE WALKING IN HOSPITAL WARD PEOPLE STANDING AND TALKING TO WOUNDED PATIENTS ON FLOOR MAN WITH WOUNDED LEG LYING DOWN VARIOUS OF MEDIC TREATING WOUNDED MAN LYING ON FLOOR / WOMAN STANDING, HOLDING CHILD'S HAND AND FANNING WOUNDED MAN PEOPLE WALKING IN HOSPITAL CORRIDOR WOUNDED CHILD WITH BANDAGE ON HEAD LYING ON BED / MAN SITTING ON BED MAN WITH BANDAGE ON HAND LYING ON BED VARIOUS OF YOUNG MAN WITH BURNT SCARS LYING ON HOSPITAL BED WITH BANDAGES ON LEGS AND ARMS WOUNDED MEN LYING ON HOSPITAL BEDS
  • Embargoed: 21st September 2017 16:37
  • Keywords: Rakhine state in northwest of Myanmar injured Rohingya Muslims Chittagong Medical College Hospital southeast Bangladesh
  • Location: CHITTAGONG, BANGLADESH
  • City: CHITTAGONG, BANGLADESH
  • Country: Bangladesh
  • Topics: Conflicts/War/Peace
  • Reuters ID: LVA0016XLJU4N
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: Almost all the Rohingya being treated at the Chittagong Medical College Hospital, the largest in southeast Bangladesh, have been injured by gunshots or bomb blasts, according to a hospital document given to Reuters. Around a third of the total injured are teenagers or younger, including a six-year-old boy.
    The Myanmar military has repeatedly said that it has been targeting only insurgents in the crackdown.
    The government hospital in Chittagong is usually crowded at the best of times; now it is receiving twice as many people as it has beds - many of them Rohingya with shattered faces, shredded legs and damaged eyes who are fighting for their lives.
    Rohingya insurgents attacked several police posts and an army base on Aug 25, leading to a military crackdown that has resulted in the deaths of at least 400 people and sent 146,000 people fleeing to Bangladesh.
    Apart from creating a humanitarian crisis, the unrest has also brought waves of international criticism of Myanmar's leader, the Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi, for not speaking out for a minority that has long complained of persecution. The Rohingya are denied citizenship in Myanmar, a mainly Buddhist country.
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