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supplier accountcaters

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title24 HOURS IN WAR ZONE HOSPITAL

subject date08-08-2017

place

creditCaters News Agency

caption***MANDATORY BYLINE*** PIC FROM Robson Coelho / Caters News - (PICTURED:24 hours spent monitoring a war zone hospital in Rio) - Escalating violence in Rio de Janeiro has transformed the states health units into war zone hospitals with doctors facing a daily battle to save the lives of hundreds injured in horrific firearm and knife attacks. Were operating in a war zone where there is no ceasefire and no truce. Where high velocity bullets rip people open and the number of victims from shootings and stabbings has reached record levels. These are the haunting words of Dr Lino Sieiro Netto, medical director of Nova Iguacu General Hospital (HGNI). The situation is so acute, the hospital based in Posse, a neighbour in Nova Iguacu - one of the most violent metropolitan areas in Rio - opened its doors for 24 hours at the end of last month allowing candid and harrowing access to its emergency rooms in a bid to reveal the scale of the crisis. The exclusive round-the-clock watch witnessed a weekend of bloodshed. The 430-bed, woefully overcrowded medical centre receives around two gunshot victims a day. SEE CATERS COPY