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Hospitals running out supplies { April 9 2003 } Original Source Link: (May no longer be active)    http://www.knoxnews.com/kns/iraq_conflict/article/0,1406,KNS_9217_1873892,00.html http://www.knoxnews.com/kns/iraq_conflict/article/0,1406,KNS_9217_1873892,00.html Hospitals running out of supplies By Associated Press April 9, 2003 GENEVA - Baghdad's hospitals are overwhelmed and running out of supplies to treat all the burns, shrapnel wounds and spinal injuries from the fighting, the United Nations' health agency said Tuesday. The World Health Organization has a convoy of medical equipment on standby in neighboring Jordan, but it has been unable to leave for Baghdad because of security concerns, said WHO spokesman Iain Simpson. "Before the war started, there were enough supplies for a normal medical situation," Simpson said. "This is not a normal situation." He said the agency was unsure how many civilians had been injured, "but it's clear they are huge." The International Committee of the Red Cross, one of the few global aid agencies operating in Iraq, has lost count of civilian deaths and injuries. In the first two days of the war, it reported one dead and 114 wounded in Baghdad. The group said 280 more were injured April 1 in what Iraqis claimed was a U.S. strike on a residential neighborhood. "The hospitals have reached their limit," Red Cross spokeswoman Nada Doumani said Tuesday. "Staff are working around the clock" and are facing a shortage of anesthetics. She said the group delivered surgical instruments to hospitals Monday, but the hospitals are also facing power and water outages. Only six out of 27 operating rooms could be used at the 650-bed Medical City complex, the agency said. The Red Cross also said it has received reports that the Qanat pumping station in northern Baghdad stopped functioning. Asked about the medical situation in Baghdad, Brig. Gen. Vincent Brooks at U.S. Central Command in Doha, Qatar, said the U.S. military had treated civilians at temporary hospitals, field hospitals and its own tactical aid stations. "That will continue as we have more forces operating in and around Baghdad," he said.

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