Reference :
V-P-LY-E-00275
Date :
10/10/2011
Caption :
Sirte, city entrance, Abou Hady roundabout. ICRC staff and Libyan Red Crescent volonteers gather to join Ibn Sina Hospital and evacuate 25 war wounded patients.
Confidentiality level :
public
Publication restrictions :
publication without restrictions
Description :
ICRC website, Photo gallery, 18-10-2011
Libya: medical evacuations from Sirte
On 11 October 2011, ICRC staff evacuated 17 patients for further medical treatment, bringing them first to a field hospital from where they were flown to hospitals in Tripoli. This was the third group of wounded people evacuated by the ICRC from Sirte in less than a week. This gallery depicts the operation in images. On 17 October, the ICRC evacuated another 21 patients, bringing the total number of evacuees from the Sirte hospital to 49.
Fifteen ICRC staff and Libyan Red Crescent volonteers gather at the entrance of Sirte, coming from both the west and the east, bound for Ibn Sina hopsital.
Three trucks and six lighter vehicles were used in a two-day effort to evacuate a total of 25 war-wounded patients. The evacuation was possible through coordination with parties to the conflict on the ground in Sirte, with whom the ICRC has developed a direct and transparent dialogue.
Original material :
digital
Resolution :
4288x2848
Orientation :
landscape
Colour/B&W :
colour
