Underground network a lifeline for Syria

Syrian refugees have developed an underground medical network that stretches across the Middle East in order treat wounded protesters and smuggle supplies into the waring nation.

In the city of Homs, anywhere between 40 to 50 constantly-moving makeshift hospitals have been set up to treat those who cannot seek help from state-run hospitals for fear of arrest, torture and death.

"If it weren't for the emergency care I got, I would have bled to death," a patient who was treated at an underground clinic told CNN.

But the situation is dire in Syria, with shortages in food, fuel and most importantly medical supplies.

A central base has been set up in neighbouring Lebanon where medical supplies are shipped to and then smuggled over the border on donkeys or motorbikes.