War Without Witness in Sri Lanka

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Question : How is the situation of the hospital now ?

Dr Shanmukarajah: It is a very diffult situation and we couldnt operate the hospital. This attack hapened while we now have more than 750 patients and due to this we couldnt do treatment for the patients.Now we are receiving more patients from outside also. More than 10 people died due to lack of medical facilities.

Question : Does all the 47 people killed were inpatient of the hospital

Dr Shanmukarajah : No 25 people were in patients and rest were their helpers and hospital staff. Since there no facility at the hospital both the patients and their helpers were sleeping next to each other in tarpalin sheets, we didnt had the facility of a safe bunker. The artillary hit directly on the hospital and caused this damage.
 
Question : How the Surgery Unit is operating ?

Dr Shanmukarajah : When the shell his all people were running to save their life .. it was a chaos .. it is difficult for me to ask other staff to stay and work ... Also shells are hitting the surrounding area. We have alredy notified about this shell attack to ICRC, UN and Sri Lankan Health Ministry. Our Administrative Officer worked tirelessly in this area and Maaththalan make-shift hospital. His name is K.Tharmakulasingham