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A large Saudi aid convoy of 140 vehicles carrying relief supplies on its way to
Baghdad. It took 35 hours for the convoy, including a field hospital, to reach
the Iraqi capital from Arar. (AN photo by Fahd Shadeed)
(ワールドカップでお馴染みの緑色のサウジ国旗をかざした軍用車です。)
食料、医薬品を運ぶサウジアラビアの140台の軍用車、救急車、野戦病
院からなる救援部隊がバグダッドに到着した。
「バグダッドでのサウジアラビヤの病院は、良い反響をよんでいる。」と
言う以下アラブニュースの記事。(ちょっとサウジアラビア王族の宣伝臭
が鼻につきますが、、)
http://www.arabnews.com/Article.asp?ID=25627
Saudi Hospital in Baghdad Evokes Good Response
Ali Al-Anazi, Arab News Staff
BAGHDAD, 27 April 2003 ? A Saudi relief convoy consisting of 140 military
vehicles carrying food, medicine, ambulances and a field hospital has arrived
here in Baghdad.
The aid was ordered by Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Fahd to help
alleviate the suffering of the Iraqi people hit hard by the US-led war.
Health sectors of various government departments in the Kingdom, including the
Defense and Aviation Ministry, the Interior Ministry and the National Guard, are
taking part in the relief operations.
The Saudi field hospital in Baghdad, the second largest in the world, started
receiving patients soon after it was set up. The hospital is located at the
Faculty of Pharmacology in Mustansariya University, south of Baghdad.
On the first day, the hospital treated 30 patients and conducted 28 minor and
serious operations. The hospital was receiving all types of cases.
Its operation room is manned by three Saudi experts supported by 16 assistants.
They conducted two operations at the same time. The hospital is equipped with
advanced facilities including equipment to monitor heart functions.
Doctors expect the number of patients at the hospital will increase in the
coming days, when more people are aware of its presence.
Most patients treated at the hospital were suffering from blood cancer, diabetes,
blood pressure and burns. Also treated were two serious cases: A heart patient
and another with a blood tumor.
Meanwhile, Saudi Television will launch a telethon today to raise money to help
the Iraqis. The fund-raising campaign will start in the afternoon.
The Saudi Committee for the Relief of Iraqi People has held a number of meetings
to discuss ways to collect donations and distribute relief aid among the Iraqis.
The committee has urged Saudis and expatriates to cooperate with the fund-
raising campaign by donating generously. A joint account, No. 111 at National
Commercial Bank, has been set up to receive donations.
Crown Prince Abdullah, deputy premier and commander of the National Guard, had
instructed Saudi hospitals to treat the Iraqis suffering from chronic diseases.
Prince Sultan, second deputy premier and minister of defense and aviation, has
ordered the transportation of an Iraqi child suffering from brain tumor for
treatment at a hospital in Riyadh.
A Saudi air ambulance plane will fly in the boy to the Kingdom.