MSF: 3,600 Syrians treated with 'neurotoxic symptoms', 355 dead
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Doctors Without Borders (MSF) reported that approximately 3,600 patients displaying neurotoxic symptoms arrived Wednesday morning within three hours to three Damascus hospitals, where the organization's doctors are stationed. The statement further added that 355 of the patients passed away.
“Medical staff working in these facilities provided detailed information to MSF doctors regarding large numbers of patients arriving with symptoms including convulsions, excess saliva, pinpoint pupils, blurred vision and respiratory distress,” said MSF Director of Operations Dr. Bart Janssens. (AFP)
