17.Mar.2011
Cries For Help From Bahrain
Sell rising democratic tide
Among the injured yesterday was the chief of ambulance services, Mohammed Abdul Rahim, who lay unconscious from wounds after he was reportedly attacked by state forces while trying to help victims.
Medics spoke of how three ambulances were hijacked by state forces.
“They are preventing us from attending the wounded,” said one nurse. “This is what this government is doing to its people. Please, the international community must do something to help us.
Arif Rajab, a surgeon at Salmaniya, said: “The US Fifth Fleet is only one kilometre from this hospital.
“One phone call and this slaughter would stop.”
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