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. 2018 Oct;12(5):663-665.
doi: 10.1017/dmp.2017.132. Epub 2018 Feb 7.

The Management of the Khan Al-Assal Chemical Attack in Aleppo University Hospital (AUH)

M Ihsan Kaadan  1 , Hilarie Cranmer  2
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The Management of the Khan Al-Assal Chemical Attack in Aleppo University Hospital (AUH)

M Ihsan Kaadan et al. Disaster Med Public Health Prep. 2018 Oct.

Abstract

On March 19, 2013, Khan al-Assal was attacked with chemical weapons. In total, 20 people were killed and an additional 124 were injured; 63 people were cared for at Aleppo University Hospital on that day, where 14 died, all of them were civilians; 7 men, 6 women, and 1 child. This is a brief first hand report, for what has now become a more frequent, more deadly and horrific event in the lives of many Syrians. (Disaster Med Public Health Preparedness. 2018;12:663-665).

Keywords: Aleppo; Syria; chemical warfare; disaster medicine.

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