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Source: http://www.idfblog.com/2014/01/28/inside-look-israeli-hospital-saves-syrian-lives/
The Israeli Hospital that Saves Syrian Lives
(Israel Defense Forces Blog) Last year, the IDF set up a field hospital to treat wounded Syrian civilians near Israel's northern border. Col. Tariff Bader, a Druze medical officer who heads the Israeli field hospital, explains: "The ethical code of the IDF Medical Corps clearly states that soldiers must assist anyone who is sick or wounded - whether they are associated with the enemy or not." "When we realized we would be receiving many patients, we decided to build a field hospital so that we could treat people with serious injuries who require immediate care," Col. Bader said, explaining that some of the victims were so badly injured that they would not have survived the trip to a civilian hospital. The Israeli facility includes surgery, orthopedics and radiology departments. Despite the absence of cooperation between Israeli and Syrian medical services, some patients arrive with notes from Syrian doctors.