We try to get as many of the visiting Iraqi’s to the hospital as we can.  Unfortunately, the visiting hours for them are very short.  0900-1200 is all they get Monday, Wednesday, & Saturday.  With all the processing, driving, and translating, only two groups of ten can get there and back each day.
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They are eagerly waiting for us when my partner and I arrive at 0900.  Soon they will be on their way to visit relatives in our hospital.  They wait in a holding tank of sorts; a fenced and barb wired section just outside of the processing area.  I am initially intimidated because I notice immediately […]

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Outside of my trailer, running along the walls of our concrete barriers, are water faucets.  They’re pretty freakin’ handy when you wanna wash out your coffee mug or scrub your hands without walking the 200 yards or so to the bathroom.  The purity of the water is, of course, questionable.  I usually have to let it […]

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