Before the Bombing: High Burden of Traumatic Injuries in Kunduz Trauma Center, Kunduz, Afghanistan
Authors
Hemat, HShah, S
Isaakidis, P
Das, M
Kyaw, NTT
Zaheer, S
Qasemy, AQ
Zakir, M
Mahama, G
Van Overloop, C
Dominguez, L
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2017-03-10Submitted date
2017-03-15
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PloS OneAbstract
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has been providing healthcare in Afghanistan since 1981 including specialized health services for trauma patients in Kunduz Trauma Center (KTC) from 2011. On October 3rd, 2015, a US airstrike hit the KTC, killing 42 people including 14 MSF staff. This study aims to demonstrate the impact on healthcare provision, after hospital destruction, by assessing the extent of care provided for trauma and injuries by the MSF KTC and to report on treatment outcomes from January 2014 to June 2015, three months prior to the bombing.Publisher
Public Library of SciencePubMed ID
28282377Language
enISSN
1932-6203ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1371/journal.pone.0165270
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