Vol , Issue Date of Publication: July 01, 2012
DOI: https://doi.org/10.20529/IJME.2012.047

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Healthcare workers in conflict zones – fright or flight?

Samrat Sinha
Nobhojit Roy
Abstract:
The noble intention of helping fellow human beings can have consequences that are both risky and life-threatening. Increasingly, humanitarian health workers and the healthcare system in conflict zones are themselves becoming targets of assault. On January 5, 2012, Dr Khalil Rashid Dale, an International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) delegate working as health programme manager, was abducted by unknown armed men while returning to his residence in Quetta, the capital of Baluchistan province in Pakistan. While the perpetrators of the abduction maintained intermittent contact with various authorities, the beheaded body of the kidnapped official was found in an apple orchard on April 29, 2012.


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