These Graphic Images Show the Victims & Impact of the Violence in Maiduguri

A woman with severe burns breastfeeds her baby at Maiduguri Hospital.

The situation of the thousands of people displaced by the violence in north-east Nigeria, especially

 women and girls, is extremely difficult. Working in cooperation with the Ministry of Health,

 the International Committee of the Red Cross is caring for them and people wounded by weapons 

who need emergency surgery. The pictures in this gallery show some of the work being done at 

Maiduguri State Specialist Hospital, one of the facilities treating people who have fled violence 

elsewhere in north-east Nigeria

An ICRC anaesthetist looks after a man during an operation to treat weapon wounds at Maiduguri State Specialist Hospital.

A boy with a broken arm. A bomb exploded in a market while he was out shopping with his mother.

An injured man is helped out of a car on arrival at Maiduguri State Specialist Hospital.

A man who has undergone the amputation of his left leg recovers in Maiduguri State Specialist Hospital.

A man with his broken leg in traction. A grenade exploded in his shop after a child brought it in thinking it was a toy

Patients at Maiduguri State Specialist Hospital

Two patients injured by violence in north-east Nigeria

A mother watches over her sick daughter at Maiduguri Hospital