Comments on: Despite an infusion of $500 million from the US, Iraq’s health care system is in shambles http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2006/11/despite-infusion-of-500-million-from.html Tue, 14 Feb 2012 22:28:00 +0000 hourly 1 By: Flight-ER-Dochttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2006/11/despite-infusion-of-500-million-from.html#comment-68765 Flight-ER-Doc Tue, 14 Nov 2006 02:16:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2006/11/despite-an-infusion-of-500-million-from-the-us-iraqs-health-care-system-is-in-shambles.html#comment-68765 With the fall of Bagdad, the Iraqis went on a looting spree....<br/><br/>The hospitals were not exempt. Yes, they should have been guarded, but the Iraqis shouldn't have stolen all the infrastructure, either.<br/><br/>So, where are they now? And until calm returns, sending more equipment, especially things like xray or CT scanners, is simply pointless: insurgents keep attacking infrastructure including power lines. <br/><br/>Iraq is such an awful place that the US and coalition forces prefer not to do any surgery there, if there is any way to avoid it: Accepting the increased morbidity of an evac flight to Germany. Iraq is simply a 7th century cesspool and until the Iraqis decide to join the rest of the world, it will remain so.<br/><br/>And yes, I have served there. With the fall of Bagdad, the Iraqis went on a looting spree….

The hospitals were not exempt. Yes, they should have been guarded, but the Iraqis shouldn’t have stolen all the infrastructure, either.

So, where are they now? And until calm returns, sending more equipment, especially things like xray or CT scanners, is simply pointless: insurgents keep attacking infrastructure including power lines.

Iraq is such an awful place that the US and coalition forces prefer not to do any surgery there, if there is any way to avoid it: Accepting the increased morbidity of an evac flight to Germany. Iraq is simply a 7th century cesspool and until the Iraqis decide to join the rest of the world, it will remain so.

And yes, I have served there.

]]> By: Anonymoushttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2006/11/despite-infusion-of-500-million-from.html#comment-68737 Anonymous Mon, 13 Nov 2006 05:40:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2006/11/despite-an-infusion-of-500-million-from-the-us-iraqs-health-care-system-is-in-shambles.html#comment-68737 CJD is waiting for his Woody to subside then he's stowing away on the next transport to Baghdad! CJD is waiting for his Woody to subside then he’s stowing away on the next transport to Baghdad!

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