A year after completion of the Sri Lankan civil war. One of the Indian doctors, who treated Tamil refugees in the last months of the conflict, said it was "a enormous sea" among the civilian inhabitants in Sri Lanka's government has denied any targeted killing of civilians and controversial figures as the United Nations that 7000 civilians died in the last phase of the disagreement.
"We were not prepared when we reached the camp. The extent of damage.
Long rows of people, "said the doctor told HT over telephone from India, who spoke on condition of anonymity.”We were besieged by what we saw.
It was clear people (IDPs) had been beaten. "This is probably the only witness account of the battle zone.
"We treated hundreds of patients each day. Shell injuries, bullet injuries.
More than 80 percent of these patients said either a family or a family they knew was killed or wounded. Nearly 80 to 90 of the 120-century patients had a history of death or injury remember "said the doctor.
"Some lost her husband, someone's parents died, and some neighbors had bullet injuries. Families from Kilinochchi and Mullaitivu districts were worse hit.
"The war ended on 18 May 2009. Between June 1 and August 31 the team of doctors, nurses and ambulance personnel - if the doctor was a part - treated more than 40,000 Tamils in a camp in the northern district of Vavuniya.
This would mean, based on the doctor's 80 percent figure, losses - deaths and injuries - in the region of 30,000. Patients were treated at the Indian camp were among the 300,000 displaced civilians who fled the "no fire zone, indicated by a splinter of land on the northeastern coast of Mullaitivu where they were taken from February 2009.
But no fire zone "was actually seen a battlefield, and throwing battles between the government and the Liberation Tamil Tigers of Eelam rebels. About 10 000 children were treated by the Indian team for the disease, infections and injuries.
"We treated children with bullet and Shell damage. Even infants had bullet injuries.
If children can not be protected, the situation for adults only worse. More than 80 percent of children were malnourished.
"Every morning, doctors have done an" injection parade "for adults and children with infections."Lots of infections were entered in the camps.
"Why did he decide to talk now?.
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