Around the World: Sri Lanka
China Daily | Updated: 2009-03-16 07:38
No bandages at hospital
All surgeries have stopped at a makeshift hospital in Sri Lanka's war zone because of a lack of basic supplies such as anesthetic and blood bags, the top government health official there said yesterday.
Dr Thurairaja Varatharajah said the situation was so bad that bed sheets were being used for bandages, while sticks were being used to brace fractured limbs.
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