Eastern Ghouta’s Doctors Make Virtue out of Necessity
Zaman al-Wasl (Opposition website)
March 13, 2015
Doctors struggle to cope with diminished medical resources in siege of Ghouta’s eastern suburbs
Doctors struggle to cope with diminished medical resources in siege of Ghouta’s eastern suburbs
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