30 Pills to Treat Flu in Northern Iraq
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Topic: 30 Pills to Treat Flu in Northern Iraq
Posted By: Guests
Subject: 30 Pills to Treat Flu in Northern Iraq
Date Posted: February 01 2006 at 10:36am
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Iraqi Doctors Desperately Short Of Bird Flu Medications
Article Date: 01 Feb 2006 - 17:00pm (UK) "According to medical professionals in northern Iraq, there is a serious shortage of medicines to deal with the sudden outbreak of bird flu in the Sulaimaniyah area. In fact, things are so bad there that their pharmacies have just 30 pills (in total) to treat a growing number of patients. 30 pills would just about treat four patients". http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/healthnews.php?newsid=36973 - http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/healthnews.php?newsid=36973 |
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: February 01 2006 at 10:48am
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"We don't have more than 30 pills left in our
pharmacies to treat suspected cases, and each patient requires huge amounts of tablets for treatment to be effective," said Tahseen Namiq, a senior official at the Kurdish Ministry of Health, who is overseeing emergency operations aimed at halting the spread of the virus. A WHO spokesperson in Geneva, Marie Cheng, said that a specialised team in epidemiology was scheduled to reach Iraq by 3 February. http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/IRIN/7ff9c6c08e689050a5d5efb931872566.htm - http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/IRIN/7ff9c6c08e6890 50a5d5efb931872566.htm |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: February 01 2006 at 10:59am
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February 01, 2006 12:00 am
Another battleground in Iraq "U.S. officials have offered assistance and a team of epidemiologists and clinicians are expected later in the week. It's especially sensitive because of the insurgents active in the area. Even if Iraq had medications, it lacks the governmental infrastructure to dispense them." http://www.normantranscript.com/opinion/local_story_03200163 7? keyword=topstory ------- Iraqi Government Tries to Prevent Bird Flu Outbreak "Residents in northern Iraq are sceptical that the government is telling the truth about bird flu in the region. Rumours that the disease had reached Iraqi Kurdistan have been circulated in the region for months. "People knew the disease existed, and the girl died because of it. But they kept it a secret from the people," said Kazim Muhammad, a 23-year-old medical student in Sulaimaniyah. "Now if they say they have gotten rid of the virus, people will not believe the authorities because they lied to them from the beginning." Health officials at first denied that the victim, Shangeen Abdul Qadir, had died of bird flu based on initial test results. But they later confirmed that the H5N1 strain was to blame for her death. " Many residents in northeast of the country stopped buying poultry last fall when the first suspected case appeared in Erbil, the capital of Iraqi Kurdistan. http://web.krg.org/articles/article_detail.asp?LangNr=12&RubricNr=&ArticleNr=9111&LNNr=28&RNNr=70 - http://web.krg.org/articles/article_detail.asp?LangNr=12&Rub ricNr=&ArticleNr=9111&LNNr=28&RNNr=70 |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: February 01 2006 at 11:14am
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"Residents in South-Kurdistan are sceptical that the government is telling the truth about bird flu in the region. Rumours that the disease had reached Iraqi Kurdistan have been circulated in the region for months. "People knew the disease existed, and the girl died because of it. But they kept it a secret from the people," said Kazim Muhammad, a 23-year-old medical student in Sulaimaniyah. "Now if they say they have gotten rid of the virus, people will not believe the authorities because they lied to them from the beginning." http://vladimirkurdistan.blogspot.com/2006/02/bird-flu-in-iraqi-kurdistan-exposed.html - http://vladimirkurdistan.blogspot.com/2006/02/bird-flu-in-ir aqi-kurdistan-exposed.html |
Posted By: Left Field
Date Posted: February 01 2006 at 11:22am
| Unbelievable, a government that speaks with a forked tongue. |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: February 01 2006 at 11:43am
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Forked-tongue, huh? Seems to be a lot of that going
around, must be spreading. |
Posted By: Marjo
Date Posted: February 01 2006 at 2:09pm
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definitely 'contagious'  Marjo |
Posted By: wannago
Date Posted: February 01 2006 at 3:34pm
Yeah, the WHO might be patient X 
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