GERMANY: DOCTORS IN LANDSTUHL SAY THAT NONE OF THE INJURED SOLDIERS WHO ARRIVED FROM IRAQ ARE IN LIFE-THREATENING SITUATIONS
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GERMANY: DOCTORS IN LANDSTUHL SAY THAT NONE OF THE INJURED SOLDIERS WHO ARRIVED FROM IRAQ ARE IN LIFE-THREATENING SITUATIONS
- Title: GERMANY: DOCTORS IN LANDSTUHL SAY THAT NONE OF THE INJURED SOLDIERS WHO ARRIVED FROM IRAQ ARE IN LIFE-THREATENING SITUATIONS
- Date: 6th November 2003
- Summary: (EU) LANDSTUHL, GERMANY (NOVEMBER 4, 2003) (REUTERS) 1. SLV EXTERIOR LANDSTUHL REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTRE; FLAGS; SCU EMERGENCY ROOM SIGN 0.16 2. MV ARRIVAL OF PARTICIPANTS AT PRESS CONFERENCE (3 SHOTS) 0.35 3. (SOUNDBITE) (English) MAJOR ALLAN PHILP, SAYING "I'm glad to report that we don't have anyone who is touch and go as you say, right now. Certainly there are patients who are still critical but stable at that level." 0.46 4. MV PRESS CONFERENCE 0.55 5. (SOUNDBITE) (English) MAJOR ALLAN PHILP, DOCTOR, SAYING "It's fair to say that anyone that's in an intensive care unit is going unfortunately to have a prolonged rehab period, but we have not thus far seen amputations and with some of the other things that would cause you to have that kind of rehab, such as head injuries, I think it's just too early to say." 1.15 6. SLV PRESS CONFERENCE 1.18 7. (SOUNDBITE) (English) MAJOR ALLAN PHILP, SAYING "There's a really remarkable disregard for self. The initial questions that all these guys ask are not about 'Am I going to keep my leg,' it's 'How's the guy that was in the seat next to me.' It really has struck me and touched me." 1.41 8. MV US CONGRESSMEN AT PRESS CONFERENCE (LEFT TO RIGHT): THADDEUS MCCOTTER - R FROM MICHIGAN, JED BRADLEY - R, TODD AKIN - R FROM MISSOURI, ED CASE - D FROM HAWAII, STEVE PIERCE - R FROM NEW MEXICO, BRAD MILLER - D FROM NORTH CAROLINA 1.51 9. (SOUNDBITE) (English) TED AKIN, REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMAN FROM MISSOURI, SAYING "The impression that you get is that you are just so proud of these young people who are doing something that our country has made an habit of doing for many, many years. They have taken an idea that they have invested in and that is the idea that a people can be free and can be self-governing, and they are basically the life support system of a new, struggling country." 2.17 10. SCU FLAGS; SLV NEWS CONFERENCE 2.25 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
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- Location: LANDSTUHL, GERMANY
- Country: Germany
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- Story Text: Doctors in Landstuhl have said that none of the
injured soldiers who arrived from Iraq on Monday are in
life-threatening situations.
Doctors said on Tuesday (November 4, 2003) that the
patients who were injured in the attack on a helicopter
near Fallujah on Sunday (November 2) were recovering well.
"I'm glad to report that we dont have anyone who is
touch and go, as you say, right now. Certainly there are
patients who are still critical but stable at that level,"
said Allan Philp, one of the doctors at Landstuhl Regional
Medical Center treating the injured soldiers.
"It's fair to say that anyone thats in an intensive
care unit is going unfortunately to have a prolonged rehab
period, but we have not thus far seen amputations and with
some of the other things that would cause you to have that
kind of rehab, such as head injuries, I think its just too
early to say," he added. The hospital is the largest U.S.
military medical facility outside the United States.
Guerrillas shot down a U.S. transport helicopter
carrying troops on a recreation break, killing at least 13
in the bloodiest attack on U.S. occupiers since Iraqi
President Saddam Hussein was overthrown. The crippled
Chinook came down in farmland near the village of Baisa,
south of Falluja, a stronghold of anti-U.S. resistance 50
km (30 miles) west of Baghdad.
A U.S. spokesman said two Chinooks had been heading for
Baghdad airport with troops on a rest and recreation break.
He said the downed helicopter, carrying 30 people including
five crew, had been "shot down by an unknown weapon".
"There's a really remarkable disregard for self. The
initial questions that all these guys ask are not about "am
I going to keep my leg," it's "how's the guy that was in
the seat next to me." It really has struck me and touched
me," Philp added.
It was the third time guerrillas had brought down a
U.S. military helicopter since U.S. President George W.
Bush declared major combat over in Iraq on May 1.
A congressional delegation, headed by Republican Todd
Akin, from Missouri, also visited the soldiers recovering
in Landstuhl.
"The impression that you get is that you are just so
proud of these young people who are doing something that
our country has made an habit of doing for many, many
years. They have taken an idea that they have invested in
and that is the idea that a people can be free and can be
self-governing, and they are basically the life support
system of a new, struggling country," Akin said.
Before the helicopter attack, 123 U.S. soldiers had
died in hostilities in Iraq in the past six months,
including one killed by an overnight roadside bomb blast in
Baghdad and two killed by a bomb in the northern city of
Mosul the day before.
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