‘Horror and anger’ in Christchurch hospital as medics battle to save lives

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Medics still battling to save lives in New Zealand following the mosque shooting:

Doctors, surgeons and nurses have been working around the clock at Christchurch Hospital since Friday's mass shooting . AFP/Anthony WALLACE

On Sunday, 34 patients remained in the hospital in Christchurch, twelve of them still in critical condition. “Horror, stunned, anger,” he said, describing how his team of doctors, nurses and surgeons felt as the wounded poured in — initially in private cars and then in an ever-increasing stream of ambulances.A series of earthquakes in 2010 and 2011 killed more than 180 people and left many more injured, honing the medical skills of the city’s doctors to deal with a sudden influx of complex wounds.

“The earthquake was something that we couldn’t control,’ he said. “It’s the fact that someone has done this to our people, our friends, our colleagues, this is just unbelievable.”The kind of injuries surgeons were facing this time around were also particularly horrifying.New Zealand usually witnesses only 50 murders a year. Suddenly one town had that many people murdered in a single day and dozens more wounded — some struck by multiple bullets.

 

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