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Written by: Yuan Yuan
2019-11-26 15:29
Last updated: 2019-11-26 15:30The siege of the Polytechnic University has entered its 10th day and has attracted attention from all sides. Authoritative medical journals have followed the incident following the publication of the authoritative medical journal "The Lancet" on Thursday (21st) about the humanitarian crisis of polytechnic universities. The British Medical Journal (BMJ) reported yesterday (25th) that police arrested and intimidated health care violated international humanitarian norms and that the Queen Elizabeth Hospital near the conflict had been in tears for three days. taste.
The report published by the British Medical Journal yesterday (25th) was titled "Demonstration in Hong Kong: Doctors Point to Public Health Crisis Caused by Police Actions". The article interviewed a number of local medical staff and paid attention to the humanitarian problems caused by recent storms in Hong Kong Crisis and public health crisis.
On November 17, a fierce clash between the demonstrators outside PolyU and the police, the demonstrators threw incendiary bombs, and the police dispersed them with force such as tear gas, water cannon trucks, and rubber bullets. (photo by Luo Guohui)
Doctor: Police arrests, intimidation of health care trigger humanitarian crisis
The report said that during the anti-revision demonstrations in 2019, police and civilians often fought on the streets, but in November they fought fiercely on two university campuses. The report interviewed Wen Delin, a doctor who rescued in science and technology when the conflict broke out on November 17, saying that the conflict at that time was like war. Wen Delin further pointed out that the police had asked all people in the school to leave before 10 pm that day, otherwise they would all be classified as "riots". The chairman of the Public Medical Doctors Association, Ma Zhongyi, confirmed that the doctors, nurses, and first-aiders with reflective vests were arrested that evening, even if they showed medical qualifications and work credentials, they could not avoid the disaster.
The police later stated at a press conference that someone was wearing a reflective suit to pretend to be medical and arrested. Volunteer first aiders who have left PolyU in the past two days can be released after being registered as long as they can provide first aid certification.
The Hospital Authority has received 300 wounded since the outbreak of the PolyU incident. The BMJ report quoted sources saying that many of the wounded would prefer voluntary medical treatment because of fear of being arrested in a hospital. The report quoted Wen Delin as saying that police had intimidated health care workers and that the arrest of volunteer first aiders had also created a chilling effect, which related to and deprived others of their right to receive treatment, contrary to international humanitarian norms.
A person wearing medical attire was arrested at the Polytechnic University. (online image)
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The article also mentioned the issue of tear gas and residual substances. The report states that since June, police have used tear gas about 10,000 times, emphasizing that it is often used in "closed spaces or densely populated residential areas" and caused hundreds of injuries. Legacy materials have also triggered a public health crisis.
The report quoted a doctor at Queen Elizabeth Hospital as saying that the police had used a number of tear gas bombs on the streets near Yi Hospital on the 17th, which filled the hospital with the smell of tear gas in the following three days. , Sore throat and skin rash, but the anonymous doctor said that the hospital management ignored the damage caused by tears and residues to the hospital and patients. The medical staff later wrote an open letter to the Director of Food and Health, Chen Zhaoshi, asking him to urge the police to disclose the tear gas composition, but the police have still refused to do so.
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