IRAQ: HEAD OF INTERNATIONAL RED CROSS VISITS MENTAL HOSPITAL LOOTED AFTER FALL OF BAGHDAD.

Record ID: 648330

  • Title: IRAQ: HEAD OF INTERNATIONAL RED CROSS VISITS MENTAL HOSPITAL LOOTED AFTER FALL OF BAGHDAD.
  • Date: 5th May 2003
  • Summary: (W5) BAGHDAD, IRAQ (MAY 5, 2003) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 1. GV/PAN/TRACK: ICRC CONVOY ON THE ROAD (2 SHOTS) 0.25 2. MV/TRACK: ICRC PRESIDENT JAKOB KELLENBERGER ARRIVING IN AL RASHAD MENTAL HOSPITAL WHICH WAS LOOTED 0.40 3. MV/PAN: KELLENBERGER TALKING TO WORKERS AT THE HOSPITAL 0.55 4. MV/CU: MENTAL PATIENT BEHIND BARS (2 SHOTS) 1.04 5. MCU/CU: KELLENBERG TALKING TO DIRECTOR OF THE HOSPITAL (2 SHOTS) 1.22 6. GV/PAN/CU: INTERIOR OF MENTAL HOSPITAL; BEDS; FLIES ON THE BEDS (3 SHOTS) 1.42 7. GV/MCU: MENTAL PATIENTS IN THE COURTYARD; MENTAL PATIENT SITTING (2 SHOTS) 1.53 8. GV/PAN: KELLENBERGER LEAVING HOSPITAL WITH OFFICIALS 2.08 9. MCU: SOUNDBITE( English) ICRC PRESIDENT JAKOB KELLENBERGER SAYING: "I find it really terribly sad to see the effects of looting and it goes far beyond what I thought to be possible it is very sad" 2.20 10. GV/PAN: ICRC CONVOY DRIVES OFF 2.31 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 20th May 2003 13:00
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  • Location: BAGHDAD, IRAQ
  • Country: Iraq
  • Reuters ID: LVA1NFJJ6O7W5BA6V81PTNM02MBX
  • Story Text: The President of the ICRC (International Committee of
    the Red Cross) Jakob Kellenberger has arrived in Baghdad to
    assess the aid needs of the Iraqi people and discuss the role
    of the organisation with U.S. administrator Jay Garner.

    During a visit to a mental hospital that was looted soon
    after the fall of Baghdad, Kellenberger said he was shocked by
    the damage and the pain caused to patients.



    ICRC president Jakob Kellenberger arrived in Baghdad on
    Monday (May 5) to assess the security situation and aid
    requirements ahead of a planned airlift of medical supplies.

    Kellenberg visited the ICRC-supported Al Rashad mental
    hospital which was looted and damaged soon after the fall of
    Baghdad when the city collapsed into chaos and lawlessness.

    "I find it really terribly sad to see the effects of looting
    and it goes far beyond what I thought to be possible it is
    very sad", he said after touring the hospital.

    Kellenberg also plans to vist ORHA administrator Jay Garner
    to discuss security for such institutions after U.S. forces
    said they could not provide assurances they would stop looters
    from returning to the building.

    Kellenberg also attended a memorial ceremony for Vatche
    Arslanian, an ICRC delegate killed on April 8 during the
    fighting in Baghdad.

    There are several ICRC offices in Iraq including Basra to
    the south, Erbil, Dohuk and Sulaymaniya to the north.


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