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Syria's Secret Doctors

Matthew Bannister speaks to the doctors risking their lives to treat the wounded in makeshift hospitals in war-torn Syria.

Syria's healthcare system has "entirely collapsed" according to the recent Medecin Sans Frontiers report, with doctors, clinics and hospitals targeted as a tactic of war.

Matthew Bannister hears from a doctor working in makeshift secret hospitals to treat the wounded, and about his nightmares of being caught. He also speaks to the British Syrian emergency doctor who's been smuggling in much needed medical supplies to help the medics.

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Picture: Makeshift surgery set up in a private house in Syria.
Picture credit: Gianluigi Guercia/AFP/Getty Images

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Mon 18 Mar 2013 12:05GMT

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