Burnt medicine is seen in a maternity hospital damaged from the war against Islamic State militants in east Mosul, Iraq August 15, 2017. Picture taken August 15, 2017. REUTERS/Azad Lashkari
A view of a maternity hospital destroyed from the war against Islamic State militants in east Mosul, Iraq August 15, 2017. Picture taken August 15, 2017. REUTERS/Azad Lashkari
Burnt medicine is seen in a maternity hospital damaged from the war against Islamic State militants in east Mosul, Iraq August 15, 2017. Picture taken August 15, 2017. REUTERS/Azad Lashkari
A view of a maternity hospital damaged from the war against Islamic State militants in east Mosul, Iraq August 15, 2017. Picture taken August 15, 2017. REUTERS/Azad Lashkari
Newborn babies are seen at an intensive care unit of a maternity hospital in east Mosul, Iraq August 15, 2017. Picture taken August 15, 2017. REUTERS/Azad Lashkari
Interior of a maternity hospital damaged from the war against Islamic State militants in east Mosul, Iraq August 15, 2017. Picture taken August 15, 2017.
Equipment from an intensive care unit of a maternity hospital, damaged from the war against Islamic State militants, is seen in east Mosul, Iraq August 15, 2017. Picture taken August 15, 2017. REUTERS/Azad Lashkari
Equipment from an intensive care unit of a maternity hospital, damaged from the war against Islamic State militants, is seen in east Mosul, Iraq August 15, 2017. Picture taken August 15, 2017. REUTERS/Azad Lashkari
A view of a maternity hospital damaged from the war against Islamic State militants in east Mosul, Iraq August 15, 2017. Picture taken August 15, 2017. REUTERS/Azad Lashkari
People are seen at a maternity hospital, which was damaged from the war against islamic state militants, in east Mosul, Iraq August 15, 2017. Picture taken August 15, 2017. REUTERS/Azad Lashkari
Newborn babies are seen at an intensive care unit of a maternity hospital in east Mosul, Iraq August 15, 2017. Picture taken August 15, 2017. REUTERS/Azad Lashkari
New life amid the ruins of Mosul's maternity hospital
Al-Khansa Hospital in East Mosul may be a shell of its former self but it is still the city's main government-run maternity facility. in July alone, despite severe shortages of medicines and equipment, it delivered nearly 1,400 babies.