IDF Medical Aid Delegation Sets Up Clinic in Japan
The IDF reports that a delegation of medical personnel arrived yesterday at Minami Sanriku in the Miyagi Prefecture, an area particularly hard hit by the tsunami. The delegation, which consists of sixty soldiers and commanders from the Medical Corps, Home Front Command, and Logistics Branch, as well as radiation experts, is putting together a field clinic. The team met with journalists yesterday to encourage them to broadcast the existence of the clinic, which will begin admitting patients today.
“The scenes here are worse than in an earthquake,” said Brig-Gen. Shalom Ben- Aryeh, the head of the delegation. “It looks like after a meteor strike or a nuclear explosion. Everything from mud, water, wood, trees, cars, trucks and debris are all mixed together.”
The soldiers brought with them sixty-two tons of medical supplies. The clinic will feature X-ray equipment, a pediatrics ward, a surgical ward, maternity and gynecological wards, an ear/nose/throat area, an optometry department, a lab, an ICU, and a pharmacy. Medical officers from the delegation have met with local doctors and will meet today with community leaders. Seven Japanese Hebrew-speakers joined the delegation yesterday to provide translation services for patients.
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Aug '10
Re: IDF Medical Aid Delegation Sets Up Clinic in Japan
Where are the other Asians, Arabs, Persians, or Russians? Fact is, only people of the West who honor the Judeo-Christian values of empathy and compassion care enough and have the means to help. It's not an accident that the failed and self-absorbed cultures of the East are spiritually destitute. There's little or no generosity of spirit or love for their fellow human beings.
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Wrong. Dead wrong. Turkey immediately sent an aid and rescue team. The idea that the people here have no empathy for earthquake victims is just absurd.
Dec '10
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Not to detract from your point, Claire. But, Turkey is arguably the most secular Muslim majority country that I'm aware of. Do you think this has anything to do with it?
River, I just had a cursory glance over the site that Claire posted, and I have to admit I was surprised. Gifts came in from all across the world from Europe and America, to Serbia, Georgia, Venezuela, Afghanistan, Nambia, Latvia, Botswana and...North Korea!
I assume that the amount of aid may vary significantly case by case, but still, this is a nice realization.
May '10
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The IDF group were featured on the NHK evening news tonight, along with some others, including India and the USA.