Letters home

The nurses and soldiers wrote letters home to their families about the awful conditions in Scutari hospital. They told of how the repugnant stench and filth were preventing the soldiers from getting better.

Luckily, as soon as they arrived the nurses started doing an amazing job of cleaning up and helping the soldiers get better, by cleaning their infected wounds. We interviewed some nurses and here's some of the things they told us:

'There are rats scuttling everywhere!'

'The foul smell hit my nose and made me feel sick.'

'There is only one real bed and that's used for realty sick soldiers!'

'There are about 100 soldiers lying on the floor in their own blood!'

It was an incredible interview!