We found a ghost-like city with clear traces of fighting. When we reached the hospital, we found only a few health-care staff and no patients, but a medical team sent by the authorities arrived shortly afterwards and a few patients were brought in for treatment.
On 17 October, ICRC staff entered the embattled city of Bani Walid and visited its central hospital.
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"On the road, we saw around 25 ambulances taking wounded people to Mizdah hospital and Shmeikh clinic," added Mr Ivkov. The ICRC had delivered medical supplies for the treatment of 50 patients and external fixators a few days before to Mizdah hospital, the medical facility closest to Bani Walid where war casualties were being transferred.