Watch: aftermath of deadly barrel bomb attack on M10 Aleppo hospital

Two barrel bombs hit Aleppo's M10 hospital on Saturday, according to the Syrian American Medical Society (SAMS), which supports the facility.

United Nations aid chief Stephen O'Brien fiercely criticised the attack and called on Sunday for immediate action to end the "living hell" of civilians in Aleppo's east.

"The health care system in eastern Aleppo is all but obliterated. Medical facilities are being hit one by one," O'Brien wrote.

A hospital bed seen in the aftermath of Saturday's attack
A hospital bed seen in the aftermath of Saturday's attack Credit: Aleppo Media Center

He said the latest indiscriminate bombings subjected eastern Aleppo's resident to "a level of savagery that no human should have to endure."

"The clock is ticking. Stop the carnage now," O'Brien added.

At the bombed hospital, an AFP journalist saw bloodstained hospital beds and dented equipment lying in disarray beneath blown-out windows.

"The hospital is being destroyed! SOS, everyone!" said SAMS radiologist and hospital administrator Mohammad Abu Rajab in an audio message distributed to journalists.

M10 had already been hit on Wednesday along with the second-largest hospital in the area, M2.

That bombardment badly damaged the two facilities and left only six fully functional hospitals in east Aleppo, according to SAMS.

Reports say at least four people were killed in Saturday's attack, with several injured.

 

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