Doctors 'resort to desperate health measures' for kids in Syria

A new report on Syria's health system has highlighted desperate measures medical personnel are resorting to keep children alive due to lack of equipment and resources.

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The report, by aid agency Save the Children, says three years of conflict in Syria has left the country's health system in ruins.

It says doctors are performing unnecessary amputations on children due to an absence of equipment, and as many as double the number of children who are dying in Syria from conflict-related injuries are dying from untreated chronic conditions.

Save the Children's Roger Hearn spoke to Zara Zaher about the situation.