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Iraq, Mossul, Surgical Field Hospital

The emergency field hospital has 8 emergency beds, 4 for severely wounded and 4 for moderately wounded. Here, the medical teams discuss ahead of a mass casualty simulation.
The objective of the hospital is to treat severely wounded patients. That means that it provides lifesaving surgery and the patients that have the capability to be referred safely are referred to the hospital in Dohuk, in Kurdistan region, or to El Shikhan hospital, the only functioning hospital in Ninewa governorate.

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IRAQ: AS FIGHTING INTENSIFIES, MSF BOLSTERS RESPONSE AROUND MOSUL

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Unique Identifier Code / URN MSF179691

Date taken / Date Recorded 12/11/2016 12:00 AM

Country Iraq

Detailed location North of Mossul

Commissioning section MSF-SWITZERLAND

Usage Rights (MSF) Advertising Campaign, External Media, MSF Fundraising, MSF Publications, Social Media

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Project section OCG

Editor's rating ★★★★★ (C)

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Additional Information / Shotlist The fighting intensifies around Mosul while the humanitarian crisis in Iraq continues to worsen. As part of its response to the medical needs caused by the fighting, MSF has installed one field hospital with surgical capacity about 30 km north of the city and another one is being set up in Qayyarah some 60 km south of Mosul.