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US surgeons in Kurdistan on medical
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12.3.2008
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March 12, 2008
Erbil-Hewler, Kurdistan region 'Iraq, -- Dr
John Thomas, head of “Surgery is hope” Organization
in Texas and Dr Ghazi Zebari, a Kurdish-Iraqi
sergeant arrived to Kurdistan from the United Sates
on a medical mission that consists of carrying out
surgeries and conducting trainings to local doctors
in Erbil,www.ekurd.net
Duhok and Sulaimaniyah
hospitals following advanced science in fields of
endoscope and kidney transplant.
The surgeons have carried out 25 kidney transplant
surgeries using endoscope in Duhok while they are
expected to conduct between 7 and 10 surgeries in
Erbil. The mission of Thomas and Zebari will be
restricted in Kurdistan autonomous region in
northern Iraq for security reasons. Dr Zebari hoped
they could accomplish their medical mission on a
yearly basis.
It is to be mentioned that 618 workers in the
medical field including 132 doctors passed away
around Iraq since the US invasion, according to
reports by Iraq’s health Ministry while thousands of
medical workers flew the country since then.
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