Publish dateSaturday 17 October 2020 - 12:28
Story Code : 220863
NGO Says Lashkar Gah Surgical Centre ‘Now Saturated’
Almost a week since the fights between the Taliban and the Afghan security forces started in Helmand, Emergency, a medical non-governmental organisation (NGO), said their surgical centres in Lashkar Gah have reached capacity.

“Our Surgical Centre for War Victims in Lashkar-Gah is now saturated,” the organisation said in a press release on Friday. “We have already added emergency beds and now are only able to admit the most seriously injured patients, while referring those with minor injuries to other hospitals.”
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) also said that the main trauma centre has been under pressure and the Boost Provincial Hospital has been acting as an overflow facility to respond to the crisis.
Since Oct.11, Emergency says they have received 132 patients with war injuries as the security situation deteriorated and fighting intensified.
“Civilians are paying the price for this offensive, trapped by the crossfire and often hit by mortars, rockets and grenades. Most of the patients we are currently admitting to the hospital suffer complicated injuries, which require complex surgery and a long hospital stay,” said Marco Puntin, Programme Coordinator in Afghanistan.
The NGO noted that all the main roads connecting the city of Lashkar Gah to the rest of the country remain blocked, and telephone communications with the area are extremely difficult.
“The gap between the raised hopes of the peace negotiations in Doha and the harrowing daily reality of those who have seen their lives destroyed by fighting is abysmal,” the NGO said.
 
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