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Egypt vigilantes protect Children's Cancer Hospital from looters
By Laura King, Los Angeles Times
February 1, 2011
Excerpt:
With Ahmed's help, the neighborhood watch organized round-the-clock protection for the hospital, which is mainly funded by private donations. It is the only facility of its kind in Egypt, providing chemotherapy and other outpatient treatments for 150 child cancer patients a day, with 186 beds for in-hospital care. The daily comings and goings are a picture of suffering: anguished-looking parents and stoic, often bald young patients.
"Whoever would want to attack a children's cancer hospital?" Noury asked, shaking his head. "We are so lucky we had friends to look out for us."
Egyptian state television ? widely suspected of exaggerating accounts of looting ? reported that attackers had managed to get inside the hospital and destroy some equipment. Noury said that didn't happen, but it was a close call.
Ahmed said that couldn't have been allowed to take place.
"All of us here," he said, "would lay down our lives to help these children."
Full text:
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-egypt-hospital-20110201,0,3820775.story
By Laura King, Los Angeles Times
February 1, 2011
Excerpt:
With Ahmed's help, the neighborhood watch organized round-the-clock protection for the hospital, which is mainly funded by private donations. It is the only facility of its kind in Egypt, providing chemotherapy and other outpatient treatments for 150 child cancer patients a day, with 186 beds for in-hospital care. The daily comings and goings are a picture of suffering: anguished-looking parents and stoic, often bald young patients.
"Whoever would want to attack a children's cancer hospital?" Noury asked, shaking his head. "We are so lucky we had friends to look out for us."
Egyptian state television ? widely suspected of exaggerating accounts of looting ? reported that attackers had managed to get inside the hospital and destroy some equipment. Noury said that didn't happen, but it was a close call.
Ahmed said that couldn't have been allowed to take place.
"All of us here," he said, "would lay down our lives to help these children."
Full text:
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-egypt-hospital-20110201,0,3820775.story