Tuesday, December 19, 2006
Medics sentenced to death in Libya
A Libyan court today condemned to death six foreign health professionals accused of infecting over 400 children with HIV in 1998.
"We are appalled by the decision of the Libyan court to sentence the five Bulgarian nurses and the Palestinian doctor to death," says a statement from The World Medical Association and the International Council of Nurses. They emphasize that the denial of health problems that can promote the accidental spread of HIV, such as the use of dirty needles, is an ongoing, dangerous situation in Libya. "How many children will go on dying in Libyan hospitals while the Government ignores the root of the problem?"
IMO: A lot of people say the Soviet Empire died because of bad science (Lysenkoism etc.) rather than smart US politicians (almost a contradiction in terms, the latter, anyway). Will the hopes of Islamism end in the same way ? More importantly, with global warming is there time for all this ?
There is currently a link to Nature magazine where you can state your views on the matter.
"We are appalled by the decision of the Libyan court to sentence the five Bulgarian nurses and the Palestinian doctor to death," says a statement from The World Medical Association and the International Council of Nurses. They emphasize that the denial of health problems that can promote the accidental spread of HIV, such as the use of dirty needles, is an ongoing, dangerous situation in Libya. "How many children will go on dying in Libyan hospitals while the Government ignores the root of the problem?"
IMO: A lot of people say the Soviet Empire died because of bad science (Lysenkoism etc.) rather than smart US politicians (almost a contradiction in terms, the latter, anyway). Will the hopes of Islamism end in the same way ? More importantly, with global warming is there time for all this ?
There is currently a link to Nature magazine where you can state your views on the matter.
# posted by uv : 11:30 PM
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