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Afghanistan: military medicine

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This year marks the tenth anniversary of the invasion of Afghanistan; ten years of war which have taken a toll on the health of locals and indeed the armed forces. This week's episode of health is examines military medicine

By Eve IRVINE

First, we will bring you to the French military hospital in Kabul. Built to treat troops, its patients are mostly Afghan civilians like 8-year old Igbar. Maimed by a mine, he lost his arm due to a lack of medical resources.

And while hospitals deal with many of the war's wounded, sometimes on the spot treatment is necessary, so surgeons march among the soldiers, ready to operate on the battlefield. Reporter Sylvain Rousseau joins them on patrol.

Finally, a decade of war causes more than physical injuries. We'll be looking at combat stress and whether or not its better for traumatized soliders to be sent home or indeed remain inside the warzone.


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afgh/military medicine

by Anonyme - 12/06/2011 - 16:47

military medicine was the trailblazer in surgery,infectious diseases et al. I have never seen so many soldiers loosing one or more limbs to landmines like now in Afgh/Iraq, seeing 10 yrs of constant war waging leaves soldiers scarred for life- seeing their buddies blown up,seeing kids dying, medics are doing an excellent job in their field or's but the basics are never fulfilled in war- surgeons and doctors want all their patients to have a 'shot' in full recovery not be shot again

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