This post is part of our special coverage of Bahrain Protests 2011 [1].
Chaos has hit Bahrain's Salmaniya Hospital, the country's largest public hospital, after Thursday 17 February's pre-dawn police raid [2] on protesters in Lulu Roundabout.
From that time the hospital, which already faces overcrowding on a daily basis, was overwhelmed by the number of injured coming from Lulu Roundabout. Reports have poured on Twitter about doctors protesting the worsening conditions inside the hospital and the lack of ambulances bringing in the injured from the morning's raid.
@angryarabiya [3] Eye Witness: all the salmaniya staff are out on a march including doctors and nurses demanding the resignation of the minister of health
@haythoo [4] أطباء السلمانية – يسقط يسقط الوزير – لا يوجد و لا إسعاف بالسلمانية #Bahrain #lulu #14Feb http://plixi.com/p/78000060
“The Salmaniya Doctors – Down with the Minister – There isn't a single ambulance at the hospital”[5]
Doctors protest outside Salmaniya Hospital
@SandyWaterB [6] http://yfrog.com/mijy2z [7] In Salmaniya (Click on link below to watch video)
Nurses and Paramedics protest inside the hosptial [7]
Some paramedics were injured during their attempts to bring injured protesters to hospital.
@MDaaysi [8]: evidence ministry of health men were attacked #Bahrain #feb14 #PearlRoundabout RT @maryamalkhawaja [9]: http://yfrog.com/hsq1aylj [10]
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Injured Paramedics in Salmaniya Hospital
Doctors later decided to leave the hospital and march to LuLu Roundabout to treat the rest of the injured protesters.
@hussain_info [11] pic: brave doctors have gone walking to #lulu tiring to rescue after 5hrs of banding them #bahrain http://yfrog.com/h088xjgj [12]
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Protesting Doctors march to LuLu Roundabout
This post is part of our special coverage of Bahrain Protests 2011 [1].