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Tonight, as we continue our series the "Wounds of War" about U.S. medical care in Iraq, we'll tell the amazing story of a 5-year-old Iraqi girl who came close to death and got a second chance at life due to the efforts of some very dedicated Americans. Two organizations played a big role in helping her -- the National Iraqi Assistance Center and the Shriners Hospitals. The Iraqi Assistance Center was set up and is run by the U.S. military to provide charity care to a few of the many in that nation who need it. For more than 85 years the Shriners have been providing care for needy children from around the world with orthopedic, burn or spinal cord problems. I urge anyone who wants to help to contact those organizations via their Web sites above.
Many will watch tonight's story and ask why the girl could not be transferred to an Iraqi hospital. Simply put, the Iraqi medical system is in shambles. In most places there is no such thing as rehabilitation, so in the overcrowded and understaffed hospitals it is, as one American doctor put it to me, "survival of the fittest." Many Iraqi doctors, because of sectarian killings and kidnappings or threats of them, have fled the country. U.S. efforts to help set up a functioning health care system have been plagued by corruption and mismanagement. In fact, earlier this month Deputy Health Minister Hakim al- Zamili was arrested and charged with funneling millions of dollars given for health care to insurgents. So as we share this one girl’s story tonight, I hope we remember the thousands of children injured in this war who get no second chance.
Read more from Robert Bazell, Robert Bazell in Iraq
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Mr. Bazell, It was so very sad to see that poor little girl in the hospital. All these innocent children do not deserve to be surrounded with so much violence. It was touching to see the soldiers waving at her and she was blowing them kisses from the window. I hope that all the innocent children are saved from this terrible war. It has to stop and these people need to realize how much they are hurting innocent civilians with their actions. I only hope the best for her and all the innocent people.
Lisa McNeil, Alpharetta, Georgia (Sent Feb 28, 2007 7:41:14 PM)
I am happy to see all the positive health being done for the innocent.
I am an EMergency Dept nurse and would love to open my home to a recovering child with medical needs.I know doing this would be a beaucreatic nightmare, but is there anyplace I could find out how care for a child and family if needed.
Patti Kantor, Fairfield, ME (Sent Feb 28, 2007 7:20:12 PM)
Mr. Bezell Please look at the web site of Global Medical Relief Fund -
www.globmed.org
for a project that helps children who have lost limbs due to the war.
Mamise Costa (Sent Feb 28, 2007 6:52:51 PM)
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