if the territory or area that includes hospitals or mobile medical facilities is captured by enemy soldiers, medical personnel are not immune from being seized. the medical team as well as the patients (of either side) should be treated with respect. they must be allowed to perform their normal duties tending to the sick and wounded. in international conflicts, permanent medical personnel must be repatriated except for a short period of time when their services are needed to care for their patients. permanent medical personnel are those who are assigned to a medical mission for the entire time of the conflict. temporary personnel may be taken prisoner and their medical skills may be used during the time they are imprisoned. if a conflict is not international, then the above distinctions between permanent and temporary medical personnel are not made. but in no case may medical personnel be punished for caring for sick and wounded enemy soldiers.