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Potential infectious diseases outbreaks worries doctors Original Source Link: (May no longer be active)    http://www.breitbart.com/news/na/D8CCE0E86.html http://www.breitbart.com/news/na/D8CCE0E86.html Possible Outbreak Worries Military Doctors Sep 02 7:29 PM US/Eastern By LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON From dehydration to potential outbreaks of infectious diseases, health care threats along the swamped Gulf Coast concerned military officials on Friday as they beefed up medical evacuations. The more immediate threats to public heath are dehydration, malnutrition and intestinal problems, said Maj. Gen. Bruce Green, the Air Force's assistant surgeon general. "If we can get people to where there is food and water and sanitation, we can avoid most of the diseases," Green said. Standing water throughout New Orleans could provide a breeding ground for mosquitoes carrying West Nile virus, Green said, and raw sewage seeping through the city could pose the threat of cholera. Other health experts, including those from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, have said that cholera and typhoid are not high risks for the area. The Pentagon, meanwhile, dropped preparations to send a second hospital ship to the Gulf Coast. Military commanders heading up the relief effort determined that Navy forces already in the area were adequate to meet needs. It would take the USNS Mercy about two weeks to get to the Gulf Coast from its base in San Diego. The initial announcement to send the hospital vessel came amid growing criticism that the Bush administration has responded too slowly to the devastating aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. President Bush himself conceded Friday that the federal effort so far has been unacceptable. Medical evacuations were increasing Friday, particularly from the New Orleans International Airport, where the Air Force set up a 50-bed hospital with 130 doctors, surgeons, nurses and other staff. So far, about 700 patients have been evacuated by Air Force teams using four C-17 and seven C-130 cargo planes. Many of the patients were from the 11 hospitals in the region, but at least 1,000 patients, including some critically ill, were still waiting to be moved to medical facilities in Houston, Dallas, Atlanta and San Antonio. Also Friday, Air Force units were working to reopen the severely damaged Keesler Air Force Base in Mississippi. And they were making plans to bring commercial planes into New Orleans International Airport to begin transporting refugees to shelters in Texas. Meanwhile, service members from across the military were flowing into Louisiana and Mississippi to help meet the growing humanitarian needs of the hundreds of thousand of residents left homeless and hungry. Three trucks carried water and 150,000 meals for refugees in the New Orleans Superdome, and military transport planes were sent to fly people from New Orleans to Lackland Air Force Base in Texas. Altogether, the military is sending 9.3 million ready-to eat meals for refugees in Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama. Copyright 2005 The Associated Press.

21 mysterious deaths during katrina Airlines planes buses canceled during evacuation { September 1 2005 } All parts of new orleans included in rebuilding plan { January 8 2006 } Anger mounts at federal response { September 5 2005 } Big oil loots new orleans { September 2 2005 } Bodies in new orleans left uncollected { October 27 2005 } Brown removed from fema Bush admits serious deficiencies in katrina response Bush chertoff warned of levees before katrina Bush fema hire knew arabian horses { September 8 2005 } Bush list of katrina charities are mainly religious groups Bush plans to blame envinromentalists for katrina { September 16 2005 } Bush rallies for robertson to get katrina charity { September 7 2005 } Bush rebuffs castro offer for hurricane relief Canadian rescuers in lousiana first { September 7 2005 } Chavez offers victims food oil and water { September 2 2005 } Cheney heckler is gulfport physician who lost house Cheney heckler tells story on ebay Cheney told to fuck himself in mississippi Chertoff admits lapses in katrina responses Chertoff delayed federal response memo shows Conservative paper criticizes bush Debit card idea from fema scrapped Democrats secretly replaced black mayor { May 21 2006 } Dismantling fema was a disaster { September 6 2005 } District purposely flooded to alleviate another { September 4 2005 } Engineering probe into levee failure { October 10 2005 } Evacuation ordered from toxic timebomb { September 7 2005 } Exxonmobile taking 110m a day { September 7 2005 } Federal reserve downplays katrina fears Feds hinder local response and rescue { September 6 2005 } Fema blocks journalists from reporting Fema destroyed by homeland security { August 30 2005 } Fema director joked partied as katrina churned Fema informed levee breach earlier Fema planning and response faulted { September 2 2005 } Fema promotes pat robertson diamonds { September 9 2005 } Fema sent to sexual harrassment class instead Fema to end paying for victims hotel Former first lady hurricane donation aids bush son { March 23 2006 } Gop bankcruptcy law hurts katrina survivors Governor says troops from iraq know how to kill Guardsman on hold with no mission Halliburton tapped for katrina repairs { September 5 2005 } Hospital may have euthanized patients during hurricane Hospitals run out of food and power Hurricane destructiveness increased over last 30yrs Hurricane donation benefited president bush brother { March 25 2006 } Instead of levee funding bush gave pork { September 8 2005 } Katrina causes 44 oil spills in southeast louisiana Katrina will turn new orleans into cesspool { August 29 2005 } Lake water courses into mid city before hurricane Levee leaks ignored before katrina hit Levees didnt act appropriately { November 3 2005 } Looting cartoon [jpg] Louisiana superdome situation ghastly { September 1 2005 } Louisiana vunerable from loss of wetlands { August 28 2005 } Lousiana officials indicted for emergency fund misuse { September 17 2005 } Major oil spills in mississippi river Media outlets exaggerated some of new orleans woes { September 28 2005 } Mexican military joins effort { September 8 2005 } Military occupation turns new orleans into war zone { September 6 2005 } Military threatens shooting journalists in new orleans { September 9 2005 } Mississippi suffering overshadowed in news Mississippi troops are refused leave to help families Navy pilots who rescue victims are reprimanded { September 7 2005 } New orleans convention center [jpg] New orleans crime after katrina exaggerated New orleans evacuation money misused New orleans facing environmental disaster from hurricane New orleans resident compares evacuation to nazis { September 12 2005 } New orleans residents traumatized by police { September 12 2005 } New orleans rocked by explosions Neworleans housing demolition protesters clash { November 2007 } Oil spills from katrina may be worst on record { September 16 2005 } Potential infectious diseases outbreaks worries doctors Presidents approval dips below 40 perc { September 10 2005 } Private mercanaries protect rich in new orleans { September 12 2005 } Reports of raped babies were ruinous rumors Reports of rapes and murders were exaggerated { September 27 2005 } Sewage in floodwaters carries disease { September 1 2005 } Soldiers assaulted hurricane victim { September 7 2005 } Storm survivors must show breasts for rescue Superdome evacuations enter second day Thousands dead and dying in new orleans { September 4 2005 } Tons of ice for katrina victims went nowhere { October 2 2005 } Troops ordered shoot to kill Warning of unprecendented storm day earlier Water pollution concern in new orleans Files Listed: 89

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