Rafael Castro Delgado
Doctor of Medicine, Full Professor of Emergency Medicine at the University of Oviedo, emergency physician (SAMU-Asturias), researcher at the Asturias Health Research Institute, coordinator of the Pre-hospital Care and Disaster Research Group, and director of the Pre-hospital Care Research Network and advisor to WHO technical working groups related to emergencies and disasters
The study is of good quality. It is supported above all by the reputation of its own researchers, some of whom I know personally.
The main added value is that it brings to the table the problem of attacks on healthcare centers and healthcare personnel, something that is happening more and more frequently in conflicts. Moreover, it does so with objective data and in a structured manner.
The main limitation of the study is that it works with secondary sources, although this is a limitation that always exists in these cases. There is also a lack of more concrete information on the estimates of 360 and 800 meters: mortality depends on many factors. There may be problems in interpreting the results and reaching conclusions that are too simple.
In general, the article is interesting and provides knowledge from a scientific point of view, which, on occasions, should not be left aside from political aspects.