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Kids Forced to Evacuate Hospital as US Ramps Up Attacks on Iran’s Civilian Areas (truthout.org)
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A doctor at Shahid Baqaei Hospital in Ahvaz in Iran’s southern Khuzestan province emphasized that the children being treated at the facility when the US military attacked the area on Wednesday were suffering serious illnesses, and had to be urgently evacuated while on ventilators and receiving chemotherapy.

“There have been patients with various illnesses, cancer patients and special illnesses, who are fragile,” the doctor told Al Jazeera. “People are not here by accident, they have particular illnesses. The blast wave was intense. It was so close we said they had hit the hospital, the upper floors of the hospital.”

Hospital director Majid Bouadhar said 211 children had to be urgently taken to nearby facilities after, as Drop Site News reported, “multiple projectiles landed in the immediate surroundings” of the hospital.

The specialized pediatric center “sustained severe shockwaves that shattered windows, triggered intense vibrations, and sparked widespread panic,” reported Drop Site.

Iranians are inspecting the damage from days of US strikes on key cities in the country’s south and west. Residents say attacks have damaged ports and at least one hospital. pic.twitter.com/LDOBmbENDd — Al Jazeera English (@AJEnglish) July 16, 2026

Esmaeil Baqaei, a spokesperson for the Iranian Foreign Ministry, said in a statement that the “barbaric attack” was “reminiscent of Israel’s atrocities against healthcare facilities, [and] caused severe suffering and anxiety upon the hospitalized children.”

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[–] orbitz@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 days ago

Too bad a person in charge never shyed away from bombing hospitals. Okay I'm sure this could be propaganda but not exactly inconceivable given the girl's school. Ugh this whole world order sucks ass. Like can't we the people get anything from.... Well anything? Sure in Canada we get our universal healthcare, sure in EU they get post secondary education (jealous of that one) but what does any of this fighting achieve for people? We get higher oil prices and expected to support a government. Fuck this shit it sucks.

The government should start thinking of the world rather than their own bank account. From climate change,to housing, to retail costs. Us people only have so much but they live like fat cats. Its sickening

And the worst part is no country has condemned actions of the US because they're worried of upsetting someone with the temperament of a toddler. Well fuck that orange douche, why does he get to stir shit while everyone watches and just mmmm hmmms through it. Its sickening. This is not what we vote in for as a democracy (I hope).