IRAQ: AID CONVOYS ARRIVE IN UMM QASR/ HOSPITAL PATIENTS SUFFERING WITH DEHYDRATION BECAUSE OF WATER SHORTAGES

Record ID: 647629

  • Title: IRAQ: AID CONVOYS ARRIVE IN UMM QASR/ HOSPITAL PATIENTS SUFFERING WITH DEHYDRATION BECAUSE OF WATER SHORTAGES
  • Date: 26th March 2003
  • Summary: (W5) UMM QASR, IRAQ (MARCH 26, 2003) (REUTERS) 1. WIDE VIEW OF STREET WITH PEOPLE 0.05 2. VARIOUS, ARMED BRITISH TROOPS IN PATROLLING VEHICLES ARRIVING IN STREET (3 SHOTS) 00.22 3. SLV BRITISH TROOPS THROWING SWEETS AT CHILDREN FROM BACK OF VEHICLE 0.29 4. SLV IRAQIS STANDING AROUND TWO ARMY VEHICLES 0.34 5. WIDE OF MAN AND BOY WITH BICYCLE / ARMY VEHICLE IN BACKGROUND 0.40 6. WIDE OF EXTERIOR OF HOSPITAL IN UMM QASR 0.44 7. VARIOUS OF WATER TANK PROVIDED BY U.S. MILITARY SUPPLYING WATER TO THE HOSPITAL (2 SHOTS) 0.55 8. SLV THROUGH WINDOW: U.S. SOLDIER AND PEOPLE TAKING WATER FROM THE TRUCK 1.00 9. INTERIOR SHOT, WIDE OF TWO WOMEN AND A BABY INSIDE THE HOSPITAL 1.06 10. CLOSE-UP OF WOMAN AND BABY (BABY SUFFERING FROM DEHYDRATION) 1.11 11. WIDE OF TWO DOCTORS TENDING TO A PATIENT WHO WAS ALLEGEDLY INJURED DURING FIGHTING 1.17 12. VARIOUS OF PATIENT BEING TREATED (2 SHOTS) 1.24 13. SCU (SOUNDBITE) (English) DOCTOR W.J. AL-SHEHBY SAYING: "The main problems in the town is regarding the water supply, food stuffs, electricity. It's the main problem for them. And the safety also is not secured in the town until now. From time to time there is firing and from time to time there are people wounded and being shifted to this hospital. I'm not guaranteed about the safety in the road -- the road to Basra, but not in the town itself." 1.51 14. VARIOUS VIEWS OF PEOPLE INSIDE THE HOSPITAL / PICTURE OF IRAQI LEADER SADDAM HUSSEIN ON THE WALL (2 SHOTS) 2.03 15. VARIOUS OF AID CONVOY ARRIVING AT UMM QASR (3 VIEWS) 2.23 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
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  • Location: UMM QASR, IRAQ
  • Country: Iraq
  • Reuters ID: LVA6Y5X1YKNJKHM491LYXILMACAH
  • Story Text: Despite the fact that convoys have begun arriving in
    Umm Qasr in southern Iraq carrying supplies of water, local
    hospitals are still struggling to cope with the amount of
    patients seeking treatment for injuries and dehydration.



    Convoys started arriving in the area on Wednesday
    (March 26) with tank-loads of long-awaited water.

    Residents suffering from dehydration have been filing into
    the local hospital.

    "The main problems in the town is regarding the water
    supply, food stuffs, electricity. It's the main problem for
    them. And the safety also is not secured in the town until
    now. From time to time there is firing and from time to time
    there are people wounded and being shifted to this hospital.

    I'm not guaranteed about the safety in the road -- the road to
    Basra, but not in the town itself," doctor W.J. Al-Shehby at
    the local hospital in Umm Qasr said.

    An aid tank supplied by the U.S. military arrived at the
    hospital to supply it with water later on Wednesday.

    The U.S. Navy has announced that minesweepers had cleared
    a channel to Umm Qasr that would allow aid ships to arrive
    soon.

    Three trucks of food, three of water and one of mixed
    supplies drove in from neighbouring Kuwait after a heavy
    sandstorm forced organisers to scale back original plans to
    send 30 trucks.

    U.S. and British forces sought to capture Umm Qasr, Iraq's
    only deep-water port situated on the border with Kuwait, soon
    after invading Iraq last Thursday (March 20), but resistance
    by Iraqi troops and militiamen continued until Tuesday (March
    25).

    A U.S. military police escort accompanied the Kuwaiti
    convoy.

    The aid will be handed over to U.S. Marines in Umm Qasr.

    A British ship carrying 231 tonnes of food, medicine,
    blankets and fresh water is expected to arrive in the next day
    or two at Umm Qasr following demining of sea lanes.

    The major demining push at Umm Qasr is said to be complete
    and a sea lane to the port has been cleared.

    Though an exact timetable is not yet clear, ships should
    be able to berth at the port very soon.


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