Imprisonment and torture of doctors in Bahrain.

摘要

During the months of February and March 2011, as part of the 'Arab Spring', protest action and demonstrations took place in Manama, capital of the Kingdom of Bahrain. When the authorities sought to put down the action, many protesters were injured and some died of their injuries. Those who were injured were admitted to Salmaniya Medical Complex, the main government hospital in Bahrain. That 48 health care workers at the hospital, in keeping with the Hippocratic Oath, cared for the protesters as they would for any patient was sufficient cause for the arrest, imprisonment and torture of these workers.1 The group includes Dr Mahmood Asghar, a paediatric surgical colleague known to members of our Association.