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Report of the Bahrain Independent Commission of Inquiry accessing the hospital, no checks were carried out on those entering the hospital and no patients were prevented from receiving treatment. 424 (12) Lack of access to medical care 799. It was alleged that injured persons avoided going to SMC during the protests due to the presence of security forces and the risk of arrest and mistreatment. 800. MSF prepared a public briefing paper entitled, “Health Services Paralyzed: Bahrain’s Military Crackdown on Patients” (April 2011). Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) stated that many people in Bahrain were unable to access medical care at SMC during the events of mid-March: Hospitals and health clinics are no longer places to go for the sick or injured, but are rather places to be feared. As the military cracks down on protesters and medical personnel Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors without Borders (MSF) has witnessed patients with critical and life-threatening injuries refusing to go to the hospital due to high levels of fear... Salmaniya Hospital is the public referral hospital for the whole of Bahrain. However, when MSF visited the hospital on 21 March, it was virtually empty. This is a direct result of the way in which the hospital has been used in the clashes between the military and opposition protesters. 425 801. The human rights advocacy group Physicians for Human Rights, which was also present in Bahrain during the events in March, stated that: Physicians for Human Rights interviewed ten patients who had been wounded by gunshot and needed follow-up medical care. All reported that they were too afraid to seek medical care at Salmaniya Hospital for fear of detention and mistreatment by security forces there. Hashem, a 12-year-old boy from Sitra, sustained shrapnel injury while demonstrating. He did not seek medical help for fear of arrest. PHR investigators reviewed photographs taken near the time of injury and also interviewed and examined the victim on 3 April 2011. 426 802. One accused doctor reported her experiences working at a medical centre and the difficulties she experienced when calling for an ambulance. She stated that the centre received patients who had been injured by live 424 Clamp Restores Hospital Order, Gulf Daily News (24 March 2011), http://www.gulf-dailynews.com/NewsDetails.aspx?storyid=302433 accessed 5 November 2011. 425 Médecins Sans Frontières, Health Services Paralyzed: Bahrain’s Military Crackdown on Patients (2011) http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/publications/reports/2011/Bahrain_BP_Final_06042011 _2106_FR-EN%20LOGO.pdf accessed 5 November 2011. 426 Physicians for Human Rights, DO NO HARM: A Call for Bahrain to End Systematic Attacks on Doctors and Physicians (2011) https://s3.amazonaws.com/PHR_Reports/bahraindo-no-harm-2011.pdf accessed 5 November 2011. 204
Chapter V — Events at Salmaniya Medical Complex bullets and shotgun pellets. She recalled one particularly bad case of an individual who she suspected had a lung injury. The doctor tried to call an ambulance to take the patient to SMC, but to no avail. The patient’s relatives tried to take him to private care but she later heard that they were arrested. Two pregnant women about to give birth also arrived at the centre, but the centre was not able to deal with them. The doctor telephoned Dr Nezar Al Baharna, the then Minister of Health, but he was unable to provide an ambulance, medicine or blood to the centre. One of the pregnant women had gestational diabetes and a large baby, and required a Caesarean section. Although it was hazardous to perform a Caesarean section in such a small centre, the doctor had to perform the operation and fortunately it went well. Another case involved a male with an amputated thumb and index finger, who she heard was later detained by police. A man in his forties with shotgun injuries in several parts of his body came to the centre and was transferred to SMC the next day. The doctor had to stay at the clinic because of this man and the woman who required a Caesarean section, and also because the clinic was surrounded by police. She called the Assistant Undersecretary for Hospitals and the Assistant Undersecretary for Primary Healthcare about the situation, and she was told that it was best for her to stay at the clinic as they could not guarantee her safety. (13) Bahrain Television and other government officials media campaign against the accused medical personnel 803. The accused doctors alleged that Bahrain Television and government officials conducted a sustained media campaign against them. 804. On 29 March 2011, Bahrain Television aired a recording of three security policemen recounting the circumstances of their kidnapping by protesters. One of them stated that he recognised half of his attackers as medical staff from Ibn Sina Medical Centre, as he and his family used to frequent the medical centre for treatment. 427 He also stated that they wanted to kill him. Another policeman alleged that one of the accused doctors considered him as a prisoner of war and would not allow the other doctors to release him. All three policemen speaking on the programme had their faces blacked out while recounting their stories. The narrative of the programme went on to conclude that this doctor was the leader of a “murderous group” at SMC. 428 This doctor’s wife condemned this “slander” against her husband, which was broadcast on State television while he awaited trial. 429 427 YouTube, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wFqGTdWnNts at 1:53, accessed 5 November 2011. 428 YouTube, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTmBRa38veU at 4:27, accessed 5 November 2011. 429 Al Ekri’s wife: The Media Convicted My Husband Before His Trial, Al Wasat News (31 March 2011), http://www.alwasatnews.com/3128/news/read/535102/1.html accessed 5 November 2011 (Arabic Text). 205
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