Under the Gun: Practicing Medicine in Syria
Tuesday, March 10, 2015
It hurts me that my country needs doctors and I left.
I was completing my medical residency at a public hospital when anti-government protests first broke out in Syria. By the end of 2011, government security forces were bringing detained members of the opposition to my hospital for treatment. Members of the security forces would insult and physically attack the medical staff, while also causing chaos by shooting their weapons into the air.