Sri Lanka: Inhabitants Held Hostage to Conflict
1,409 views · Published 13 April 2009 · 1:39 · Indexed 12 October 2026
Channel: Doctors Without Borders / MSF-USA · 2009 · Nonprofits & Activism
Tens of thousands of people in Sri Lanka's northern areas of Vavuniya and Vanni are displaced or caught in fighting between the Sri Lankan army and Tamil Tiger rebels. MSF teams operate on nearly 200 wounded patients every week in Vavuniya's hospital.
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