Thread by @roxanasaberi

@DrKayvanMirhadi told me he's receiving around 500 Instagram messages daily from wounded protesters in #Iran, begging him for medical advice - because the authorities have been arresting protesters seeking treatment at hospitals.
cbsnews.com/news/iran-news…

He says he receives photos like this ... "So, a person who is bleeding out of their leg from like, a gunshot wound, is just waiting for my response on the phone. ... It's just a horrible situation."

@DrKayvanMirhadi tries to connect them with trusted doctors on the ground in Iran, but failing that, he attempts to guide them through home remedies. His message for #Iranian authorities: "At least let the doctors treat them. Don't take the ambulances to detention centers."

Medical professionals inside Iran shared similar horrific accounts w/ @CBSNews: "We have seen cases when the injured patients have had surgery at hospitals and were later discharged and then arrested," one doctor said.

The wounded have been hit by a variety of weapons, from "plastic to lead pellets to Kalashnikovs, even sniper fire," the Iranian doctor said, adding that he has helped some of the injured in their homes, despite the risk of getting arrested for doing so.

These X-ray images provided to @CBSNews by health care workers in #Iran appear to show a protester's head and torso riddled with lead shotgun pellets.

An Iranian nurse and emergency call operator acknowledged to @CBSNews: "We are required to report all gunshot cases to the police because all of the phone calls are recorded."

She said when an ambulance was called to treat a 14-year-old protester who had been shot: "The police arrived… they took the boy away with the catheter still in his hand."

Her plea: "Please let [injured protesters] know they shouldn't call 115 [Iran's emergency number] and instead go to trusted private clinics if their problem is not severe." #Iran #IranProtests #MahsaAmini #mahsaminiمهساامینی #اعتراضاتسراسری

Injured Iranian protesters are also appealing to Iranian-American drs @kamiaralaei & @ArashAlaeiMD for urgent at-home remedies. Kamiar says he's never seen anything like the "scale of injuries and the number of people who were shot, including underage people and girls" in Iran.

The medical professionals in Iran say they're sharing these accounts w/ @CBSNews despite the dangers to themselves because they want the world to know what is happening there... and they need help. #ایران @CBSMornings @CBSEveningNews