Dr. Imran Qureshi's Travelogue Day 8
Dr. Imran Qureshi, is an Interventional Radiologist from Naperville, IL.
Monday, February 2, 2009
Sioux City Doctor Returns From Medical Mission
Fox-Affiliate KPTH 44's Samantha Suttle reports
A few weeks ago we told you about a Sioux City doctor traveling to the Gaza Strip to provide medical relief to the Palestinians wounded in the recent fighting. On Sunday, Dr. Rick Colwell returned home from his 10 day trip. Reporter Samantha Suttle sat down with him to find out how he helped those in need.
It was a dangerous mission for Dr. Colwell to take on, entering a war zone that had left thousands dead or wounded. But he says the trip was necessary, to help others who were suffering.
Sioux City Doctor Rick Colwell is back home, after spending 10 life-changing days in the Gaza Strip, performing surgeries on injured Palestinians in overcrowded hospitals.
"They just don't have the capability to handle the kind of influx they have, even before the war. They really are an overstressed system that's really on the verge of collapse," says Dr. Rick Colwell.
He spent other days at an orphanage, where he performed check-ups on hundreds of children.
"That was one of the really rewarding things. Those kids were really excited and amazingly, they still had plenty to smile about," says Dr. Colwell.
A humbling experience that ended too soon.
"There was so much to do, you could stay there for years and never finish. But you do what you can," Dr. Colwell says.
Assisting anyway he could, to relieve so much suffering.
"I just feel like that's what you are supposed to do, that's what God would want you to do, no matter what your religion, He wants us to help those that need it the most," says Dr. Colwell.
Treating victims of war who need it the most, but are crippled by a poor healthcare system.
Dr. Colwell didn't make the trip alone -- he went with a team of doctors from the Islamic Medical Association of North America. They blogged about their experiences in Gaza, which you can read at http://www.ammgaza.blogspot.com/.
A few weeks ago we told you about a Sioux City doctor traveling to the Gaza Strip to provide medical relief to the Palestinians wounded in the recent fighting. On Sunday, Dr. Rick Colwell returned home from his 10 day trip. Reporter Samantha Suttle sat down with him to find out how he helped those in need.
It was a dangerous mission for Dr. Colwell to take on, entering a war zone that had left thousands dead or wounded. But he says the trip was necessary, to help others who were suffering.
Sioux City Doctor Rick Colwell is back home, after spending 10 life-changing days in the Gaza Strip, performing surgeries on injured Palestinians in overcrowded hospitals.
"They just don't have the capability to handle the kind of influx they have, even before the war. They really are an overstressed system that's really on the verge of collapse," says Dr. Rick Colwell.
He spent other days at an orphanage, where he performed check-ups on hundreds of children.
"That was one of the really rewarding things. Those kids were really excited and amazingly, they still had plenty to smile about," says Dr. Colwell.
A humbling experience that ended too soon.
"There was so much to do, you could stay there for years and never finish. But you do what you can," Dr. Colwell says.
Assisting anyway he could, to relieve so much suffering.
"I just feel like that's what you are supposed to do, that's what God would want you to do, no matter what your religion, He wants us to help those that need it the most," says Dr. Colwell.
Treating victims of war who need it the most, but are crippled by a poor healthcare system.
Dr. Colwell didn't make the trip alone -- he went with a team of doctors from the Islamic Medical Association of North America. They blogged about their experiences in Gaza, which you can read at http://www.ammgaza.blogspot.com/.
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