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Mass-casualty influx northern Syria
June 2015: People gather in front of buildings destroyed in a missile attack on a town centre in Idlib governorate, northern Syria.
© MSF-supported hospital staff in Syria

“Bodies were everywhere - on the tables, in the hallways, on the floor.”

June 2015: People gather in front of buildings destroyed in a missile attack on a town centre in Idlib governorate, northern Syria.
© MSF-supported hospital staff in Syria

In the afternoon of 04 June 2015, a horrific missile strike devastated a town centre in Idlib Governorate, Syria. The wounded arrived in wave after wave at a nearby small makeshift hospital that is supported by Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). MSF immediately started organizing a major resupply of essentials for the hospital. The hospital director, who requested to remain anonymous for security reasons, describes the situation.