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opened the first major expansion of the complex, which consisted of several new buildings which increased the hospital's total capacity to 470 beds. Further expansion in 1987 increased the total bed count to 617 beds. In 1997, a large expansion of
Salmaniya was opened and included 20 new wards, which
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had been confiscated inside the hospital on a police raid. State media described the defendants as having "a terrorist aim". According to the prosecutor's case, al-Ekri had acted as the group's ringleader, organizing staff at
Salmaniya to oppose the Bahraini government. The defendants denied all
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In March and April 2011, twenty health workers, primarily from
Salminya, were arrested on a variety of felony charges for their actions during the protests, while an additional twenty-eight were arrested for misdemeanors. Dr. Ali Al-Ekri was arrested while performing surgery at Salmaniya Medical
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Charges against the doctors included "occupying a hospital, stockpiling weapons, spreading lies and false news, inciting hatred of
Bahrain's rulers and calling for their overthrow, and withholding treatment of Sunnis". The government additionally alleged that blood from hospital
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charges and maintained that the accusations were politically motivated. In a joint statement, they held that "our only crime was that during the unrest earlier this year, we were outspoken witnesses to the bloodshed and the brutal treatment by the security forces."
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and occupying it with masked personnel on 16 March. Military personnel used hospital records to find patients who had been active in the protests, identifying them in many cases by wounds from the birdshot fired by security forces into crowds. According to
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in the country. The hospital provides secondary, tertiary, and emergency healthcare services as well as specialised outpatient clinics for the general public. Residency programs in the hospital are either Arab Board or Saudi Board certified.
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hospital. To cope with a largely increasing population, Salmaniya
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overturned, and it was announced that the defendants would be retried by a civilian court. Retrials began in March 2012, but were postponed until June 14.
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Health workers protest near
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