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According to a joint press release from U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and U.S. Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta, "Saturday, in response to a request by the Transitional National Council, the United States is transporting 24 seriously wounded fighters to Spaulding Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts. An additional six critical cases will be transferred to Germany for immediate care. All of these patients were injured as a result of recent fighting and suffer from conditions that cannot currently be treated in Libya."
Salem, MA- The recent war and subsequent overthrow of long-time dictator Moammar Gadhafi resulted in an urgent humanitarian need in Libya with thousands wounded and severely injured. The Libyan National Transition Council (LNTC) with support from the US Government reached out to care facilities in the United States for experts in rehabilitative care and selected the Spaulding Rehabilitation Network based in Boston, Massachusetts to begin to treat some of the wounded Libyan fighters.
The first group of Libyan war wounded was sent to the Spaulding Hospital North Shore in Salem, Massachusetts on Saturday night October 29th. Many of these patients sustained various injuries in the conflict from complex orthopedic injuries, multi-level trauma and nerve damage. It?s estimated the initial group will require a month or more of rehabilitative programs in wound care, physical and occupational therapy and physician led treatment that Spaulding will provide and if need, resources from the Partners HealthCare network will be available.
...an urgent humanitarian need in Libya with thousands wounded and severely injured.
The envoy of Libya’s National Transitional Council said the 22 fighters are the first of an estimated 200 combatants who will be flown to the United States for treatment. But Mark Ward, senior adviser on Arab transitions for the U.S. State Department, later said several European nations have offered to treat some fighters, and the number of those who could come to this country has not been determined.
Originally posted by Daedal
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According to this report there are some 200 wounded coming to the U.S.
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The envoy of Libya’s National Transitional Council said the 22 fighters are the first of an estimated 200 combatants who will be flown to the United States for treatment. But Mark Ward, senior adviser on Arab transitions for the U.S. State Department, later said several European nations have offered to treat some fighters, and the number of those who could come to this country has not been determined.
RAMSTEIN AIR BASE, Germany – An eight-member team from the U.S. Air Force’s 86th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron and a 10-member team from 10th Air Force is preparing to evacuate 26 seriously wounded fighters to Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital in Boston and an additional four critical cases to Germany for immediate care.
Two medical teams will fly the injured to medical facilities in Germany and the U.S.
Capt. Jennifer Lewis, an air evacuation nurse from Oakdale, Minn., said the medical team is experienced in critical patient care under pressure.
BOSTON (AP) — Officials say a suspicious note was found in the bathroom of a Virgin Atlantic flight to Boston.
Phil Orlandella, a spokesman for Logan International Airport, says the note was found Sunday in Flight 11 from London's Heathrow Airport to Boston. He says the note referenced a bomb and was found by a flight attendant.
The flight carrying 200 passengers and 16 crew members landed at Logan at around 6 p.m.
After passengers got off the plane, state police troopers with K-9 units and FBI agents searched the plane. The passengers and their bags were screened. Nothing was found.
Authorities say they do not believe the threat is credible because the note was dated more than a month ago. The investigation continues.