Libyan boy treated in NHS hospital
IC Wales Friday 23rd September, 2011
The first of 50 Libyan conflict victims who will be treated by the NHS has arrived in Britain. Abdul Malek El Hamdi, 15, went into surgery at St Mary's Hospital in London upon arrival on Thursday after suffering wounds to his leg during the North African country's civil war. Abdul was injured when he and a friend found a grenade among weapons sta...
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