Killing them softly
Article Abstract:
Unicef's figures indicating that death rates among Iraqi children has risen by 300% over the past 10 years and the report on the health of an Iraqi girl, Marian Hamza, who was brought to Scotland for leukaemia treatment, increase the evidence of Iraq's deteriorating circumstances and the rise of cases of leukaemia, infertility, and congenital abnormalities after the Gulf War. The culprit, according to some, is the 300 tons of depleted-uranium tipped anti-tank missiles used by the allies because the cases of abnormalities are centered around areas heavily hit by missiles. The plight of those affected is discussed.
Publication Name: Nursing Times
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0954-7762
Year: 1999
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A dose of the UN's medicine: Mariam Hamza hit the headlines when she was whisked to Britain from sanctions-hit Iraq to receive leukaemia treatment
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Four year od Mariam Hamza was removed from sanctions-hit Iraq to Yorkhill NHS Trust in April to receive leukaemia treatment, however nurses back at Saddam Children's Hospital in Baghdad, where Mariam was staying, are left to care for those who remain. Although medicines are not directly affected by the sanctions, their availability is intermittent and the child leukaemia patients at the hospital are likely to die if they contract even a non-fatal disease, such as chickenpox. Surgical equipment is affected by sanction, and there is a shortage of plastic syringes, which are often used for several patients.
Publication Name: Nursing Times
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0954-7762
Year: 1998
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Killing them softly
Article Abstract:
Nursing staff in Iraq are hindered by a lack of medical supplies and equipment because of an embargo imposed on the country by the United Nations in 1990. Up to 300 tons of radioactive depleted uranium has caused a massive increase in the number of children suffering from deformities, leukaemia and other treatable diseases. Children are dying in large numbers because medical staff do not have the medicines to treat them.
Publication Name: Nursing Times
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0954-7762
Year: 1999
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