Doctors Without Borders (Or Bias) In a Conflict Zone
This segment originally aired live on October 22, 2015. An edited version was included in a best-of episode of The Brian Lehrer Show on November 27, 2015. The unedited audio can be found here.
Deane Marchbein, president of MSF-USA (Doctors Without Borders), discusses what it's like to treat soldiers on both sides of a war, in the wake of a U.S. airstrike on a Doctors Without Borders' hospital in Kunduz, Afghanistan earlier this month.
Docs w/o Borders President @DrMarchbein: "The moment someone is injured they become a patient, not a combatant." pic.twitter.com/1VPZTUSQjp
— Brian Lehrer Show (@BrianLehrer) October 22, 2015
MSF on @BrianLehrer: "We are neutral and impartial and need to have access to both sides" https://t.co/dfHQX5O38o #Libya
— Doctors w/o Borders (@MSF_USA) October 22, 2015
On calling for investigation into US air strike in Kabul: "We’re not anti-US; we’re pro being able to work in a conflict zone." @DrMarchbein
— Brian Lehrer Show (@BrianLehrer) October 22, 2015
