ROME -- The Italian government is sending a contingent of 100 doctors to the Libyan city of Misurata to work in a hospital that will be built there, with some already in the process of arriving, sources said Monday.

 The Italian humanitarian mission that is planning for the construction of a hospital on the site of the airport, protected by soldiers is taking shape, precisely in the city that provides the biggest number of militants to the fight against ISIS in Sirte.

 The doctors, who have been chosen for their specialized and professional medical capabilities, are being sent under the protection of 200 paratroopers to Misurata, to cure Libyan troops.

 Italian Minister of Defence, Roberta Pinotti says that “some aeroplanes have already arrived meaning that we now have six doctors in Libya.”

 This means that they can now begin forming “an initial team, one that will have a triage, first aid, the possibility of intervening during emergencies, with 12 beds ready within the next few days. Then we have given ourselves a three-week period to have the hospital completed with 50 beds, operating theatres and an intensive care unit,” the minister said.

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