Baghdad Medical Facilities Resupplied with Trauma Kits
The International Committee of the Red Cross provided trauma kits to treat several hundred injured people in Baghdad, video recorded on October 5 shows.
ICRC released the footage on October 7. It shows staff packing and delivering supplies at several locations in Baghdad. According to a note that accompanied the release, “Sheikh Zayed and Al-Kindi hospitals, and Medical City received enough drugs and material to treat between 200 and 300 injured people, depending on the severity of their wounds.” ICRC noted that deliveries had taken place “over the last four days.”
Protests have convulsed Iraq over the past week, amid internet blackouts. On October 6, the government announced that at least 104 people had been killed and upwards of 6,000 wounded. Video taken in Baghdad has shown the use of live rounds on unarmed protestors. Credit: ICRC via Storyful
