Said this was a civilian hospital and we were all here on sufferance.

"It is a sensitive area, and we want to have the designation of a civilian hospital," he said.

But this appeared to be based only on the number of victims in civilian hospitals.

Well, he's going to need at least one operation, maybe more, and it'd be expensive in a civilian hospital, I can tell you.

The only trouble with working in a civilian hospital, aside from the doctors, was the rest of the nursing staff.

Officials said the injured were taken to military and civilian hospitals in the area, some by helicopter.

He was glad they'd taken him to a civilian hospital rather than a military one, which might not have been so easy to get out of.

"And they allowed him to go to a civilian hospital?"

Of course, they also looked for people fired from civilian hospitals.

The return to duty rate following treatment was much higher than in the vast majority of civilian hospitals.