The Command Post - Iraq - Ali Ismail Abbas Recovering

April 20, 2003

Ali Ismail Abbas Recovering

Doctors treating the badly injured Iraqi boy Ali Ismail Abbas are searching for the best possible artificial limbs to help him regain as normal a life as possible.
Ibrahim Ghoniem, a plastic surgeon at the hospital in Kuwait City where the 12-year-old is being treated, said he was recovering well.

[...]

Dr Ghoniem said the artificial limb centre in Kuwait was "optimistic" they could provide Ali with a state-of-the-art myoelectric limb to replace his right arm and a cosmetic one for his left.

"Also we are in contact with the highest specialised centres for artificial limbs (in the world) and we are looking for the most recent and sophisticated in the field," he said.

"He is out of danger, we managed to control the infection and we consulted a psychiatrist and a psychologist for him to get him out of the impact of the burn injury and the loss of the upper limbs.

"His morale is good, he is sleeping well and eating well. The people here in Kuwait give him the feeling he is with his family."

Posted By Wind Rider at April 20, 2003 08:17 PM | TrackBack

Comment Policy and Decency Standards
: The comments here serve as an open forum in which you are encouraged to debate, discuss and post relevant links. It is Command Post policy that we will not tolerate any racial or ethnic slurs or obvious attempts to bait other guests of this site into a battle. We provide you the space here to discuss the topic at hand and to engage in lively discourse. Please remember that your IP is logged every time you leave a comment and the editors of Command Post reserve the right to terminate you ability to comment here if you do not conform to our commenting policy. Thank you.

Look, dont get me wrong: I am simultaneously happy that Ali is getting great treatment, and deeply sad that he even requires it at all.

However, the smell of media milking the cash-cow is thick in the air - and its making me sick.

How many other men, women and children have injuries of similar magnitude and seriousness to Ali? Are the media putting as much effort into the care of these people as they are of Ali? The answer is no.
Why?
Probably because none of them make as striking a photo for that front-page or News Headline.

-Nick

Posted by: Nick at April 20, 2003 08:49 PM

I hope he can exercise his 2nd Amendment rights soon.

Posted by: Frank Degamma at April 21, 2003 12:40 PM