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Libya: Doctors Without Borders Evacuates 71 War-Wounded from Misrata By Boat

Sfax, Tunisia–(ENEWSPF)–4 April 2011.   The international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) evacuated 71 patients by boat Sunday, April 3 from the Libyan city of Misrata, where ongoing violence has overwhelmed medical facilities with the wounded.

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Among the evacuated patients were three people on life support, 11 people suffering from major trauma, and many others with abdominal wounds and open fractures. Intensive medical care was provided on board as the boat sailed…

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