Hellish conditions engulf east Aleppo, while life goes on in the west
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- Written by Gilgamesh Nabeel and Jacob Wirtschafter
All four hospitals in east Aleppo are shuttered, so physician Mohammed Kaheel can’t care for Syrians injured from unrelenting bombardments and chemical weapon burns. There's no anesthesia, antibiotics or bandages.“People are fleeing from one neighborhood to another," seeking treatment and shelter, he said in a phone interview as bomb blasts from Syrian government and Russia jets pounding the rebel stronghold exploded in the background. "We lack everything: medications, food, water and fuel.”
