Hatay province, Turkey: Syrian prisoners were left to die in military
hospital “dark rooms”, while others were drugged to stop them speaking
to international observers, a defecting military doctor has said.
In his first interview since fleeing, the doctor — who was head of the intensive care unit in an Aleppo military hospital — gave a chilling account of secret wards where patients were tortured or sent to their death.
“Important arrested patients, those that had more information to reveal, had to be healed," he said.
"Those that were useless to them were sent to a secret ward that we nicknamed ‘the dark room’ where they were tortured, eliminated or left to die.”
In his first interview since fleeing, the doctor — who was head of the intensive care unit in an Aleppo military hospital — gave a chilling account of secret wards where patients were tortured or sent to their death.
“
They were left to slowly die, or immediately
killed with a calcium injection. It makes the heartbeat slow down until
the body spasms
”
"Those that were useless to them were sent to a secret ward that we nicknamed ‘the dark room’ where they were tortured, eliminated or left to die.”