Iran doctors struggle with quake injuries
<p><span word="Download">Download</span></p><p><span word="Overcrowded">Overcrowded</span> <span word="hospitals">hospitals</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="northwest">northwest</span> <span word="Iran">Iran</span> <span word="struggled">struggled</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="cope">cope</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Monday">Monday</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="thousands">thousands</span> <span word="injured">injured</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="pair">pair</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="powerful">powerful</span> <span word="earthquakes">earthquakes</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="killed">killed</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="least">least</span> 306 <span word="people">people</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="wrecked">wrecked</span> <span word="scores">scores</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="villages">villages</span>.</p><p><span word="Thousands">Thousands</span> <span word="huddled">huddled</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="makeshift">makeshift</span> <span word="camps">camps</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="slept">slept</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="parks">parks</span> <span word="after">after</span> <span word="Saturday">Saturday</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="quakes">quakes</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="fear">fear</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="aftershocks">aftershocks</span>, 60 <span word="of">of</span> <span word="which">which</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="already">already</span> <span word="struck">struck</span>. <span word="A">A</span> <span word="lack">lack</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="tents">tents</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="other">other</span> <span word="supplies">supplies</span> <span word="left">left</span> <span word="them">them</span> <span word="exposed">exposed</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="night">night</span> <span word="chill">chill</span>, <span word="one">one</span> <span word="witness">witness</span> <span word="said">said</span>.</p><p><span word="Doctors">Doctors</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Tabriz">Tabriz</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="city">city</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Ardabil">Ardabil</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="other">other</span> <span word="towns">towns</span> <span word="worked">worked</span> <span word="flat">flat</span> <span word="out">out</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="roads">roads</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="cities">cities</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="clogged">clogged</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="traffic">traffic</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="relatives">relatives</span> <span word="ferried">ferried</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="injured">injured</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="outlying">outlying</span> <span word="villages">villages</span> <span word="which">which</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="worst">worst</span> <span word="affected">affected</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="twin">twin</span> <span word="quakes">quakes</span>. <span word="Long">Long</span> <span word="queues">queues</span> <span word="formed">formed</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="hospitals">hospitals</span>.</p><p>"<span word="From">From</span> <span word="last">last</span> <span word="night">night</span> <span word="until">until</span> <span word="this">this</span> <span word="afternoon">afternoon</span> <span word="when">when</span> <span word="I">I</span> <span word="left">left</span> <span word="Shohada">Shohada</span>-<span word="ye">ye</span> <span word="Tabriz">Tabriz</span> <span word="hospital">hospital</span>, <span word="doctors">doctors</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="constantly">constantly</span> <span word="performing">performing</span> <span word="operations">operations</span>. <span word="It">It</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="horrific">horrific</span> <span word="tragedy">tragedy</span> <span word="but">but</span> <span word="people">people</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="officials">officials</span> <span word="did">did</span> <span word="all">all</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="could">could</span>," <span word="a">a</span> <span word="doctor">doctor</span> <span word="working">working</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Tabriz">Tabriz</span> <span word="said">said</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="telephone">telephone</span>.</p><p>"<span word="Ordinary">Ordinary</span> <span word="people">people</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="working">working</span> <span word="alongside">alongside</span> <span word="rescuers">rescuers</span>. <span word="They">They</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="bringing">bringing</span> <span word="food">food</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="water">water</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="hospital">hospital</span>. <span word="Some">Some</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="using">using</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="cars">cars</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="bring">bring</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="relatives">relatives</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="those">those</span> <span word="injured">injured</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="hospital">hospital</span>."</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="worst">worst</span> <span word="damage">damage</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="most">most</span> <span word="casualties">casualties</span> <span word="appeared">appeared</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="villages">villages</span> <span word="around">around</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="towns">towns</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Ahar">Ahar</span>, <span word="Varzaghan">Varzaghan</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Harees">Harees</span>, <span word="near">near</span> <span word="Tabriz">Tabriz</span>, <span word="Iranian">Iranian</span> <span word="media">media</span> <span word="said">said</span>.</p><p><span word="Tabriz">Tabriz</span> <span word="resident">resident</span> <span word="Ahmad">Ahmad</span> <span word="said">said</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="cousin">cousin</span> <span word="living">living</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="village">village</span> <span word="near">near</span> <span word="Ahar">Ahar</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="killed">killed</span>.</p><p>"<span word="Nobody">Nobody</span> <span word="knows">knows</span> <span word="what">what</span> <span word="happened">happened</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="wife">wife</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="two">two</span> <span word="daughters">daughters</span>," <span word="aged">aged</span> 4 <span word="and">and</span> 7, <span word="Ahmad">Ahmad</span> <span word="said">said</span>. "<span word="We">We</span> <span word="fear">fear</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="if">if</span> <span word="rescuers">rescuers</span> <span word="don">don</span>'<span word="t">t</span> <span word="get">get</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="them">them</span> <span word="soon">soon</span>, <span word="they">they</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="lose">lose</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="lives">lives</span> <span word="too">too</span> <span word="if">if</span> <span word="they">they</span>'<span word="re">re</span> <span word="still">still</span> <span word="alive">alive</span> ... <span word="People">People</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="those">those</span> <span word="villages">villages</span> <span word="need">need</span> <span word="help">help</span>."</p>
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