Here is a hero for us!

[Straydog]

War surgeon volunteer

And Depoebaydan, not to belabor a point, but please notice that the doctors see our soldiers as the kids they are, too.

[ 04-06-2003, 09:56 AM: Message edited by: Straydog ]

[Born to be Wild]

Good article Straydog. Keeps things in perspective. It is not a video game! As I was reading the article I started thinking of the TV show M.A.S.H. As far as the kid thing, I don't totally disagree with you. I don't think you would want to tell them they are a kid however. You would probably have a disagreement. The article goes as far to say; "These are young children. I totally disagree with that statement and find it misleading. These are young adults is the fact of the matter. Anyway, pointless. I know when we get our age, we do look at them as and call them kid's.

"I would not call the war coverage sanitized," he said. "Everybody knows that there are casualties over there, mostly Iraqi. What has not been stressed enough is what it was like in the previous 12 years of Saddam's regime."

<font size="2" face="verdana,arial,helvetica">Seems some of us ifish elders have pointed this one out a few times.

As I said, good article. Helps to keep things in perspective.

I still think us ifisher's should go out of our way and show some appreciation and support for our troops and their families. We've talked about it, but haven't done a thing.

[happybrew]

As a medic, I saw many training injuries. We always prepared for the mass casualty situation. I never had more than a couple of patients at a time, though. I can't imagine having that many people coming to the hospital. But I guess they get them all funneled in. It sounds to me like they need more doctors. It's always been a chore to attract them. Pay is low, much less than for civilian doctors. They are true patriots, regardless of their politics. They belong in our prayers.

happybrew