A maternity hospital in Syria which sees 1,300 women and over 300
deliveries carried out monthly has been bombed in a shameful and illegal act
that sent babies crashing to the floor in their incubators, Save the Children
says.
Bombing a maternity hospital which is helping women living under the
shadow of war to give birth safely is a shameful act
Two people were
killed when a bomb struck the entrance of the hospital, in the northwestern
city of Idlib, the organization said.
A woman who was six
months pregnant had her leg severed and two other women suffered shrapnel
wounds to their stomachs, it said.
Babies and a number
of patients and staff were injured.
"Bombing a
maternity hospital which is helping women living under the shadow of war to
give birth safely is a shameful act, whether it was done intentionally or
because due care was not taken to avoid civilian areas,"
Save the
Children's Syria Director Sonia Khush said.
"There is no
excuse, and, unfortunately, this is only the latest in a series of strikes on
health facilities in Syria.
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