Pakistani doctors protest about terrorist attack on hospital

doi:10.1136/bmj.a1426

Published 26 August 2008, doi:10.1136/bmj.a1426
Cite this as: BMJ 2008;337:a1426

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Pakistani doctors protest about terrorist attack on hospital

Ashfaq Yusufzai

¹ Peshawar, Pakistan

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The Pakistan Medical Association has expressed deep concernover the bomb blast at the district headquarters hospital inDera Ismail Khan district of the North West Frontier Province.It has called for healthcare institutions to be protected.

The association’s president, Umar Ayub Khan, said thatthe 19 August blast, in the hospital’s emergency department,had left 32 people dead and 55 wounded. It had sent a wave offear through the healthcare profession, he said. The blast killedthree healthcare workers who were tending to patients when thealleged suicide bomber blew himself up at around 11 am.

"Hospital staff are extremely concerned about their safety.They have gone on strike [as a protest] against terrorism insidehospitals," said Dost Mohammad, medical superintendent of thehospital. "Patients have stopped visiting the hospital sincethe blast," he said, adding that the hospital is the sole tertiaryhealthcare facility for a population . . . [Full text of this article]

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