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Local leader / VIP patient

"The motorcade of the local political leader comes under attack as he is arriving to visit colleagues being treated at your hospital, and the leader is admitted with gunshot injuries. You have witnessed the attack. The media are present in the emergency clinic. You also admit bystanders injured in the same attack including women and children and injured soldiers."

Source: WMA: Toolkit for Doctors Working in Situations of Violence. Page 5
https://www.wma.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/HCiD-toolkit-for-Doctors-2015.pdf [26 Jul 2017]



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