Doctors in the War Zone / BBC Worldwide Ltd.

This compelling film follows the medical teams risking their lives to save others in Syria. The United Nations estimates almost 200,000 people have been killed since Syria's civil war began, with many hundreds of thousands more injured. Millions have been forced from their homes, but the full human...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Films on Demand.
Corporate Authors: BBC Worldwide Ltd
Infobase (Film distributor)
Language:English
Language of the Original:
English
Language and/or Writing System:
Closed-captioned.
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : BBC Worldwide Ltd, [2014]
Series:Films on Demand.
Subjects:
Medicine, Military > Syria.
Internet videos.
Genre:
Internet videos.
Online Access:
Connect to online resource - MSU authorized users (Films On Demand @ Infobase)
Physical Description:1 online resource (1 video file (47 min., 44 sec.)) : color and sound.
Format: Electronic Video
Description
Summary:
This compelling film follows the medical teams risking their lives to save others in Syria. The United Nations estimates almost 200,000 people have been killed since Syria's civil war began, with many hundreds of thousands more injured. Millions have been forced from their homes, but the full human cost of the conflict is little known to the outside world because of the danger Western journalists face in trying to enter areas not controlled by the government. Most doctors have fled from those locations and many hospitals have been destroyed. The documentary follows British trauma surgeon David Nott as he makes the perilous journey across the border into Syria to work alongside medics who have stayed behind and shows him carrying out life-saving surgery in a facility forced underground by daily bombardment.
Note:Originally released by BBC Worldwide Ltd., 2014.
Streaming video file encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on May 16, 2016.
Interest Grade Level:
11 & up.
System Details:Streaming video file.
System requirements: FOD playback platform.
Source of Description:
Title from distributor's description (Infobase, July 2, 2016)