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Mon Jan 5 23:44:22 GMT 2009

GG,

I know this is not much and I am sure you are doing everything you can, so I hope this is not insulting

CT scans are a luxury. Rely on plain radiographs. 
If possible families to provide nutrition for the eating patient by bringing in food from home (only if and when it becomes safe).
Splints can be made with simple poles, boards and torn bed sheets.
Oral resuscitation, not everyone needs an IV or IVF's especially if not wounded significantly (that can be tricky).
Get the walking wounded out of the ED and have them follow up some time later (whenever that might be) or to smaller clinics of taping and bandaging and suturing.
Shortage of blood - get families to contact relatives, neighbors and friends to donate. 
Not sure if you can get help from the Israeli, Egyptian, Syrian, Turkey, Greek (regional help)physicians for medicine and bandages. Physician and nursing sympathy and support must know no boundaries in war, even from opposing sides.

MSF comes to mind for more active surgical and nursing help.
International Red Cross for supplies. 

God bless you and great sympathy for all . . . 

- MRM

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From: trauma-list-bounces at trauma.org [mailto:trauma-list-bounces at trauma.org] On Behalf Of G?O?G??? G?O?G??S
Sent: Monday, January 05, 2009 4:08 PM
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Subject: Discriminations

Any advice from the list members for our colleaques who are having tough time while drying desperately to cope with disproportional number of seriously wounded patients and shortage of medical supplies in Gaza hospitals?
I mean any advice and thoughts like those sent with readiness after Mumbai terror attacks, or after Ike and Gustav hurricane strike just to remember some recent examples Deafening silence.

G.Georgiou
Gen.Surgeon
Xanthi-Greece

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