Al-Khadra, one of the biggest hospitals in Tripoli, treated 33 wounded in one night after the attack on January 4, while 30 dead bodies also arrived at the facility. “The hospital doesn’t have the means to treat such a large number” of people, said Rajehi, the hospital’s emergencies manager. After more than nine months of deadly fighting on the city’s southern outskirts, all of Tripoli’s public hospitals now find themselves unable to cope with the two million or more residents’ needs. The public hospital is aware of the problem, but is overwhelmed, emergencies boss Rajehi explained. ‘Fighting hasn’t stopped’Mired in chaos since the fall of dictator Moamer Kadhafi in 2011, Libya has some 100 public hospitals spread across its major cities.

Source: The North Africa Journal January 22, 2020 14:37 UTC