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Report of the Bahrain Independent Commission of Inquiry voluntarily attempted to leave the hospital at this time were arrested at a checkpoint erected by the army at the entrance to the Emergency Section of SMC. It is also alleged that persons in need of medical attention were prevented from accessing SMC or were too scared to go there due to the ongoing clearance operation. 790. One individual was admitted to SMC on 17 February 2011 after sustaining injuries from birdshot in the eye and face. He claimed that on 17 March 2011 he felt it was no longer safe to remain in the hospital as he had seen soldiers in military fatigues entering the hospital. 417 He decided to leave the hospital even though he had not yet completed treatment. He alleged that at the exit of the Emergency Section a masked police officer in a blue uniform stopped him and demanded to see his medical records and hospital discharge forms. This individual was then arrested and taken by police car to Naim police station, where he was detained. 791. One doctor stated that on 16 March 2011 she was on call and she saw men in military uniform, blue police uniforms and individuals in civilian clothes physically abuse a nurse and a number of civilians. 418 792. Human Rights Watch reported that patients arriving at SMC with injuries resulting from the use of force by police (e.g. injuries caused by birdshot, sound bombs, tear gas and live ammunition) were detained and/or interrogated: On March 28 Human Rights Watch entered the SMC’s emergency room building after going through several checkpoints in an ambulance that was transferring from a private hospital to SMC a patient who had sustained pellet-gun injuries. Once inside, Human Rights Watch noticed groups of security and military officers, many of them walking around the halls of SMC with guns and black balaclava masks covering their faces. The several dozen security and military officers there at that time appeared to outnumber the patients then in and near the emergency building. As soon as the patient was transferred to an emergency room bed, Human Rights Watch witnessed at least five security and military personnel surround the patient and question him regarding the circumstances of his injury. Human Rights Watch has been unable to obtain information about his subsequent well-being or whereabouts. 419 793. One individual stated that he was taken to SMC on 14 March 2011 with an open gunshot wound in his lower abdomen/pelvic area. 420 He claimed that on 18 March, a number of masked men in military fatigues and police dogs entered his hospital room late at night and began to interrogate him. They asked him how he had sustained his injury and began to hit him in his 417 Statement provided to the Commission, 9 September 2011. 418 Interview with the Commission, 29 July 2011. 419 Human Rights Watch, Targets of Retribution: Attacks against Medics, Injured Protesters and Health Facilities (2011) p 28. 420 Statement provided to the Commission, 27 August 2011. 202
Chapter V — Events at Salmaniya Medical Complex lower abdomen and pelvis, where he was wounded. The next day he was taken to the sixth floor of the hospital and told that he was under arrest. 794. Another individual stated that he was taken to SMC after sustaining injuries from an automobile accident. 421 On 18 March 2011, he was interrogated by a number of military and security officers about the nature of his injuries. He claimed that officers asked each patient about their injuries and how they had sustained them. The patient in the bed next to him replied that he had sustained his injuries from birdshot, and officers immediately began to shout, curse and beat him. The individual alleged that the officers made all of the patients in the room get out of their beds and move into the hallway, where they were forced to stand against the wall for nearly four hours. He claimed that the officers slapped and beat the patients. At midnight the patients were allowed to go back to their hospital beds. He stated that he was then interrogated by police officers for approximately two hours. On 20 March 2011, the individual left SMC even though he had not completed treatment, because he was afraid of arrest or further abuse. 795. One doctor working at SMC during the events of February/March 2011, alleged that at 09:30 on 16 March 2011 she witnessed 20-30 armed and masked men in blue uniforms enter SMC through the entrance to the Emergency Section. 422 On 17 March, she was doing her rounds of the hospital when a masked police officer prevented her from entering an area of the sixth floor of SMC. She claimed that officers were checking identification and allowing only a limited number of physicians and nurses (only those who had patients in those wards and were on call at the time) past a security point on the sixth floor. 796. A GoB spokeswoman stated that on 24 March 2011 police and military forces had to surround, enter and take over SMC because: Salmaniya was effectively being used as a co-ordination centre by protesters and had been overrun by political and sectarian activity… This includes the spreading of malicious propaganda by several senior members of the medical staff and the blocking of medical care, severely interrupting and endangering lives. 423 797. The BDF did not deny that detention and interrogations occurred within SMC and that some of the patients were transferred to the sixth floor, where they were under the direct control of the BDF. 798. The BDF stated that at no point was live ammunition fired within the complex by the military or by helicopters monitoring the situation from above. The BDF also stated that no patients or staff members were prevented from 421 Statement provided to the Commission, 11 September 2011. 422 Statement provided to the Commission, 6 September 2011. 423 Clamp Restores Hospital Order, Gulf Daily News (24 March 2011), http://www.gulf-dailynews.com/NewsDetails.aspx?storyid=302433 accessed 5 November 2011. 203
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