Elitsa Bizios of Naperville Community Televison, Channel 17 reports:
Dr. Imran Qureshi Tells What he Saw
Naperville radiologist Dr. Imran Qureshi normally doesn’t do without the most modern technology and sterile equipment.
But those standards looked like luxuries in war torn Gaza… the doctor returned from there last month.
With 1300 dead and thousands left homeless Radiologist and Naperville Resident Imran Qureshi says the after math of Israel’s recent military offenses are nothing short of devastating.
Qureshi was one of a team of 9 physicians that went to the Middle East to assist at Gaza’s largest hospital. He says the facility was very run down and far from medical standards we’d expect in the US. The Islamic Medical Association of North America coordinated the trip to Gaza. The nonprofit provides medical and humanitarian aid when possible.
Qureshi and his team were able to help nearly forty people. He says the experience was humbling. He is now working with doctors and congress representatives to try and get medical staff into the now sealed boarders of Gaza.
“A lot of people have never left this small patch of land about the size of Naperville and it just hits you,” Qureshi says. “These people are so isolated from the rest of the world, there’s really no one out there that’s trying to help them.
To learn more about Dr. Qureshi trip visit ammgaza.com
Tuesday, March 3, 2009
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