scores of hospitals have been bombed in
Northwest Syria this is the story of
just one el-amin Maternity Hospital on
the 31st of August just after 1:00 in
the morning for 25 minutes it was hit at
least six times by airstrikes inside
were over 35 people medical staff
mothers and newborn babies the
deliberate targeting of hospitals is a
war crime this one stands alone in a
field on the outskirts of the town of
Orem al-kubra near Aleppo it's the night
of the attack the men talking a white
helmets serious civil rescue teams who
were at the hospital when the second
attack comes with a jet still in the sky
they're evacuating a group of pregnant
women and newborn babies to another
hospital filming as they go suddenly
they realized there's a terrible problem
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a baby has been left behind in the
hospital under attack in the confusion
he was somehow overlooked another team
of white helmets goes back risking the
airstrikes to find him as they clamber
over missile craters the rescuers head
towards a flickering light inside
frantic untrained hands fumble to
release the baby this baby has already
survived so much getting to safety is
now a chaotic run across open ground the
card on his incubator says this baby is
a twin called Yusuf he's in critical
condition with a hole in his heart the
two-month-old needs a better equipped
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not for the first time tonight baby
Yusuf's life is quite literally in
someone else's hands for what feels like
an eternity the boy looks up that is
latest guardian angel a 27 year old
white helmet called Sammy
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baby use of arm reaches out for his
mother's comfort but who knows when
they'll be reunited he switched to
another ambulance which will take him to
the hospital Sammy's part here is done
Yusuf's now depending on another total
stranger even so it's hard to let go
Sammy's night isn't over the attack on
the hospital is still underway his team
is sent back to his white helmets base
nearby a group of patients were sent
there after the first strike but they
need to be moved again
families emerge from the center
Sammy helps Miriam who's clutching her
new granddaughter Ozma and heads for the
ambulance
asthma's mother had a cesarean just
before the first airstrike she's already
been moved once but because of the pain
she can barely step into the ambulance
rescue workers are keen to leave but
it's not clear where they'll go and
they're not the only ones looking for a
functioning hospital crammed into this
ambulance around two dozen women with
five babies and Counting
as they pull up to the hospital
the doctor treating the women in the
ambulance passes out these chaotic
emergencies are all too regular and it's
taking its toll on medical staff
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the chaos continues
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her waters have broken but in a world of
small mercies
at least she doesn't have to worry about
air strikes for now
the evacuation is considered a success
only a handful of people are injured it
could have been far worse the cold light
of day at El Amman hospital shows how
lethal this barrage could have been just
one of around 80 attacks on medical
facilities in Eid Lib and Aleppo since
the end of April
if deliberately targeted it's a war
crime many of those hospitals were
supposed to be protected by a United
Nations agreement that too is shattered
by the sound of international silence
and you'll be pleased to know that the
rescued baby in that footage is now
safely reunited with his family