Picture reveals heroic surgeons battling to save Paris victims in hospital

Surgeons and patients fill every inch of the recovery room at Saint Louis Hospital, Paris Credit: Dr. Pourya Pashootan/Saint Louis Hospital

This striking image depicts the medics who worked tirelessly through the night to save the victims of the Paris attacks.

In the wake of the devastating attacks in Paris on Friday night, doctors, surgeons and nurses rushed to Saint Louis Hospital to offer their assistance to the scores of injured people caught up in the violence.

Amid the horrific injuries and critically ill patients, the image depicts the incredible response from French medics - as a post on Facebook suggests that over half of the staff seen in the image came in voluntarily to help the patients.

129 people were killed in Friday's attack. More than 300 were injured, dozens of them critically.