Monday, Jul 30, 2007
Opinion
Amputations bring health crisis to Iraq http://www.hindu.com/2007/07/30/stories/2007073053961100.htm
Peter Beaumont
Iraq is facing a hidden healthcare and social crisis over the soaring number of amputations, largely of lower limbs, necessitated by the daily explosions and violence gripping the country. In the north of Iraq, the Red Crescent Society and the director general for health services in Mosul have told U.S. forces, there is a requirement for up to 3,000 replacement limbs a year. If that estimate is applied across the country, it suggests an acute and looming long-term health c hallenge that has been largely ignored by the world. http://www.hindu.com/2007/07/30/stories/2007073053961100.htm