Source: CounterpunchGaza Stripped, the Middle East remains occupation SONIA Medical Mission heroes NETTNIN Obama Administration should assist the victims of war and occupation of humanitarian assistance, and should help the injured and travel abroad for medical care . Moreover, the Obama Administration should help all medical professionals who travel to wartorn areas, so they can care for victims and training local doctors. Recently, the Human Rights Program at the University of Chicago, Amnesty, along with students for Justice in Palestine held a panel discussion of medical professionals who deal with victims of war and occupation. The panel included: Dr. Raid Abdulla, a pediatric cardiologist at Rush Hospital in Chicago, who led several missions to Iraq and Palestine for ten years. As a volunteer, has studied hundreds of children, many of whom had lifesaving heart surgery and developed a formal training program for Iraqi doctors in their specialty. Dr. Scott Eggen, a urologist and assistant professor at the University of Chicago, is an active member of IVUMed (International Volunteers in Urology). He participated in the educational missions and voluntary surgical Cuba, Honduras, Morocco, Myanmar, Rwanda and Palestine, Dr Imran Qureshi, an interventional radiologist at RushCopley Medical Center, was one of nine American doctors who traveled to Gaza, after Israel lead conversion operation, and Steve Sosebee, President CEO of Children's Relief Fund Palestine. For nearly two decades of his organization has sent more than 800 children abroad for surgery and medical care. Ive seen the slow deterioration of Gaza for the past 20 years, Sosebee said. He explained that the purpose of creating the PCRF was to address the humanitarian needs of children living under occupation and not having access to adequate health care. His fulltime staff identify children who need surgery and medical relief. We've identified 15 children to send out and we can not get outw cannot get Israel and Egypt to allow outside added.In the recent invasion of Gaza, about 6,000 people were injured and more than 1,300 dead, according to the Palestinian Ministry health. Nearly 1,900 of the wounded were children and more than 1,300 people, 410 were children. Sosebee explained that many children who had suffered head injuries and neurological live with permanent brain damage. In addition, children who have lost limbs and are in need of prosthetics and rehabilitation services are confined to wheelchairs now. With permanent disabilities, these children have no future because there are no rehabilitation services to assist in a lifetime for them in Gaza. They were trying to do something on a positive level, Sosebee said. This is a human issuewe need to use energy in a positive waysurgery, humanitarian aid is an appropriate response. Volunteer medical teams and humanitarian Dr. Qureshi, gave a slide presentation and visual quality of his recent visit to Gaza. He showed pictures of civilian buildings and houses destroyed, including the rubble of CRS medical center. Overturned cement trucks and inoperable, damaged ambulances only prolongs the reconstruction of the Gaza Strip. On March 1, Human Rights Watch issued a press release: Israel / Gaza: donors should press Israel to end blockade. They explained: international donors for the reconstruction of Gaza and development must call on Israel to end its punishing blockade of the territory and allow humanitarian need and to resume normal trade. Their findings have been released a day before the highlevel conference for the reconstruction of Gaza, in Sharm elSheikh, Egypt. The organization emphasizes that the number of humanitarian and commercial trucks needed to sustain 1.5M people living in Gaza are in the park at border crossings. Therefore, the number of trucks allowed to cross the border towns do not meet daily needs. Last week the media reported the U.S. U.S. donation would $ 900 M in mornings international donor conference, where U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is scheduled to speak. Is it enough Stripped of Gaza, the occupation remains outside 1.5M refugees living in Gaza, an estimated 100,000 people homeless. They live in a white sea of tents, with 25 people living in each tent. After surviving the recent invasion, these people's struggle in cold weather. They have no heat, electricity, running water and few belongings. The United Nations Relief and Works Agency is supporting some 700,000 Palestinians living in Gaza. In its recent report, the Rapid Response Plan to restore critical services for Refugees in Gaza, UNRWA estimates of its budgetary requirements from January to September 2009 is an estimated $ 346 M. Is it enough Qureshi, showed pictures of destroyed Palestinian Ministry of Health and Agriculture buildings. Como un radi�logo intervencionista, Quereshis especialidades m�dicas incluyen: biopsias, embolizaci�n de la arteria, la intervenci�n hepatobiliar, as� como los procedimientos vasculares y de intervenci�n. While at AlShifa Hospital, Gaza's largest hospital, the hospital has a capacity of 80100 beds. However, there were over 400 patients in the hospital. He said the hospital lacked medical equipment and sterile supplies. I tape to tape some of the teams, he said, showing the slide repair. He then showed a slide of modern equipment, doctors in typical use throughout the U.S. or Europe. The contrast was obvious. Without financial, logistical and training aid, AlShifa hospital lacks the resources to modernize itself.Originally, Al Amal Society had 250 orphans orphans. Now they have new orphans 2000 with little money and supplies to handle the influx of children. A building that was under construction to be a school new UN house the orphanage. Today is a bare concrete floor with pillars supporting the roof. Training local doctors Abdulla started going on medical missions to Iraq more than ten years. Although there are only 42 programs in pediatric cardiology fellowship in the U.S., he was not aware of any Arab country that had formal training for physicians. As a result, brought a team of cardiologists and physicians from Belgium to Iraq. Together, they developed a formal training program in Iraq, along with a pediatric cardiac center. I spent much time and effort, he added. In 2003, the U.S. invaded Iraq. Looters stole medical equipment from the ICU and set fire to the hospital. he thought that all efforts made in recent years gone to waste. However, important training provided Iraqi doctors came to life. Their schools were rebuilt. That's when I realized the importance of the contribution of small infrastructure was doingit was they were able to leave behind, which were able to teach, Abdulla said.Medical professionals from diverse backgrounds have shown that medical surgery and initiatives Volunteer is essential for the people on the receiving end of the war and occupation. Applies to individuals in the international community to continue making contributions to help them in their time need.Political leadership role is to help rehabilitate the victims as much as possible so they can take the kids lives.Our normal not matter who they are or where they are should not be left to their fate. Sonia Nettnin is a journalist who writes about social, political, economic and cultural. Its focus is the Middle East. br br
