forcibly ejected 30 Syrians patients by lebanese hospital.
A Lebanese hospital has "forcibly" ejected 30 Syrians
patients wounded in violence in their country, an activist said on
Monday, while the hospital said they were discharged over unpaid bills.
"The
Alameddin hospital in Minieh threw out 30 wounded Syrians from Qusayr"
on Sunday, Khaled Mustafa, director of an office helping refugees in
northern
Lebanon, told AFP.
The hospital, in northern Lebanon,
has hosted dozens of Syrians from the town of Qusayr, a former rebel
stronghold that fell to government troops last month, prompting an
exodus of residents.
"They were forcibly expelled and were
insulted," Mustafa said, adding that "80 percent of them were fitted
with splints because of their serious fractures."
"The splints were removed without any concern for their health."
"They wouldn't even let them take their personal belongings or their x-rays," he added.
Mustafa
said the patients - some of whom were observing the fasting month of
Ramadan - were left to sit on a pavement for two hours before Red Cross
ambulances arrived to take them to another hospital in the nearby city
of Tripoli.
AFP reports.