Egypt: A brief history of field hospitals in Tahrir Square

Since Saturday, 19 November, more than 12 makeshift hospitals have been established in Tahrir Square and floods of doctors, nurses, pharmacists and other health professionals have swarmed in to offer their services, writes Amani Massoud in relation to the voluntary medical effort to treat those injured in clashes against military rule. 'The swiftness and efficiency with which the hospitals are established and managed bears little resemblance to the make-shift hospitals characteristic of the initial uprising in January. Nine months of experience that followed the beginning of the revolution has made hard-core emergency medics out of young doctors.'