#DelhiViolence | Updates from our reporters on the ground in northeast Delhi.
An account from a 21-year-old photojournalist, who is at the Al Hind hospital in Mustafabad:
An account from a 21-year-old photojournalist, who is at the Al Hind hospital in Mustafabad:
“When I reached Al Hind at around 11.30 am this morning, the only patients here were those injured yesterday. After that, as today's violence took place, patients began coming in."
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“Initially, only those injured in stone pelting were coming, but all of a sudden, people with bullet wounds began coming in. Soon, only people with bullet injuries began coming in. And they were injured in such a terrible condition, I cannot describe it.”
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"There was so much blood. There was no medicine in the hospital. Somehow we managed to bring some medicine from Saket, but we had no idea that even that would run out. That ran out, and there was nothing in the hospital.”
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"From around 2 pm, I have been calling ambulances continuously. Around 12 pm onwards, people started coming into the hospital, and by 1 pm, it was full. I kept calling and asking, please bring an ambulance.”
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"I called for government ambulances, from Saket, I called for ambulances from everywhere. But they would come and then be stopped by the Delhi Police. Finally, I just received a call that the police would bring the ambulances here.”
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"I have given the address but there is still no certainty about whether it would reach or not. I can confirm two deaths that have occurred at the hospital—one was stabbed with a knife, and one was shot and died immediately upon arrival.”
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"The one who was stabbed, he could have easily been saved. But nor was there any medicine in the hospital, nor anything else. They just kept trying to stop the bleeding. He was stabbed four times. It was so horrific, I cannot tell you.”
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“The things here are so disturbing. The imam of the Mustafabad masjid that was burnt down was also beaten. They entered the masjid and beat him. He is also in the hospital.”
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"This is a normal, local hospital. It is not a hospital that can handle big cases. There is no surgeon here. Even now, the people here with gunshot wounds, they have not been able to remove the bullets from anyone. They don’t have a surgeon.”
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"The doctor said that there are around 15 people in the hospital with bullet injuries. He may have exaggerated, but I am sure there are at least ten. All those with normal injuries, broken hands or legs, they have left. Only the unconscious ones are here.”
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“I saw one man with shrapnel still sticking out of his right side. When I asked him to at least remove that before he goes, he said, ‘No, if I survive, then I’ll get it done later.’ That’s how scared he was. This is the situation. There are around 30 patients here right now.”
