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donsu Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-18-03 11:47 AM
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Iraq Keeps U.S. Hospital in Germany Busy - (600 extra Doc & Nurses)

http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-3278623,00.html

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"I can't tell the difference between combat and post-combat,'' said medical director Lt. Col. Richard Jordan, looking over rows of trailers providing temporary housing for the extra 600 doctors and nurses called in to handle casualties from the war.

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The hospital has treated 1,800 patients so far from the U.S. mission in Afghanistan and more than 7,100 from the Iraq mission.

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The Landstuhl nurses, staff, techs - they're all awesome,'' he said. ``When you get here, you still have bad dreams and the nurses, they come in and talk to you.''
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they will be having bad dreams for the rest of their lives

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