BENGHAZI NURSES HEAL BATTLE WOUNDS OF LIBYAN REBELS
July 1st, 2011
BY SERAJ ELALEM and JOSH MULL
ON February 17 as Libya's revolt against the regime of Col Muamar Gaddafi began, Judith San Pedro, 52, reported to work as head nurse in the intensive care unit of Al-Jala Hospital in Benghazi, Libya.
The following night of the 18th, patients began pouring into Al-Jala's emergency rooms. Most suffered from gunshot wounds and blasting trauma.
"That was our first sign that revolution was actually happening," San Pedro recounted, "it was chaotic. Terrifying."
Filipino San Pedro, 52, has been a nurse most of her ...
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