Hi,
i began my work in abu ghreib.we are 15 dentists in the health centre.6 males and 9 females. I havent met some of them till now.I met dr "E" she was with me in college.
The dental services limited to extraction only.and extraction is limited to 5 patients in a day.we dont have sufficient anaesthesia necessary for dental treatment. lack the filling materials,the dental chairs "which are two" are not working,one is new but with technical problems without mentioning electricity problem.
yesterday,we bought cotton from a nearby pharmacy to extract teeth.a child was brought by two teachers after a seizure attack at school. the physician tried to find a 5cc syringe and "water for injection" but they were over too. one of the teachers went to a pharmacy by his car to buy for the injection.The health services are miserable, I've noticed that the physicians tried their best with available facilities.After two hours I found myself alone in the dental clinic.some went to the main office,others went to give polio vaccines to the children neighbourhood as a part of a program lasting 5 days.I liked to participate instead of sitting without work but one said that money will be given to participants,so i "pulled my self" to allow others to take part who in need of it.
The city of abu ghreib is safe,the national guards are walking freely,in the previous period they couldnt,the head general of city forces ordered soldiers and policemen to enter unarmed to local shops and any institute.
The civil and army cargo planes are flying above us at low heights since baghdad international airport is neighbouring abu ghreib.
The manucipalty paved the main road of the city last week and painted the pavements but after the rainy days, the spots where the rain gathered among it were the only defects!!!,it was not straight but rippled.
I said spots of gathered water is better than floods of Al-rusafa side of baghdad where in some streets even the cars couldnt pass.TV news showed the road near the Baghdad Mancilaty was sank and the employers couldnt reach the office.
*I'm thinking to stop blogging because i began blogging to share my thoughts and show the picture of baghdad and iraq generally but I havent seen a change took effect after publishing even I feel my thoughts seem not interesting to read.
Monday, December 1, 2008
Tuesday, November 25, 2008
STOP VIOLENCE
Last few days were very tough. i was soooo sad. i missed my old friends. i used to see them everyday and had a big number of great guys everywhere.but now no more.most of them went abroad or to other governorates to avoid the violence.i was one of those when i went to mosul. i went last week to abu ghreib and they told me to come on tuesday "will be tomorrow"to start working at my new place.i met one of my friends of college "O" he is working in another centre in abu ghreib too and i will see another one tomorrow,its been along time since we met.i hope i can make frienships with the new colleagues.
my bother was very sick, after medical investigations ,the SONAR revealed a mild spleenomegally,the physician said its not dangerous and he must be on a special diet and caused his abdominal pain to the doudenum. as for my parents im trying to make them happier.
last week as I was talkng to Sunshine on the net about the blog,suddenly she stopped writing, i thought the net was interrupted or off but later she wrote, "a huge explosion occured,i couldnt answer and Mimi is injured unconscious,bye" i was so worried,"what happened? how is everybody?what happened to my dear Mimi,was it a bombed car as usual?" i thought. The mobile network coverage was so bad not so bad but no service in mosul because on wednesday gunmen attacked the bureau of the mobile company "asiacell" in mosul and the services were limited.
After half an hour she answered "the house has ruined up side down,you cant imagine what happened,Mimi had consciousness but she had few scratches ". the news channels didnt announce that explosion at that day.next evening one channel breiefly mentioned it.
for god's sake a tank "cistern" was exploded and no one knew about it? I kept on turning tv to seek for it but they didnt mention that 'as for my knowledge' what a media we got? Sunshine will publish that asap with more details.
i really like to know why they did that huge explosion???????? the innocents were the victims,even the far houses were terriffied of the sound,think about the childs,old seniors,sick people. and who did it? terrorists? then why we hear every day and declared on whole public that iraq is secured and if they replied except mosul then why they didnt act or delayed till now and do their jobs to save innocents??? I lived in mosul and clearly noticed the ignorance of the superiors.Its not a big city like baghdad to face many difficulties to impose their control in addition the people of mosul like to live in peace. i ve seen most of them didnt like to go out at the best times.they just like to work, back home and go in a small trip at the weekend. the city is called "um alrabe'aen" which means "city of two springs"because of its great wheather and "was" nominated as the first city in cleanliness,now its the dirtiest city in iraq. my father was astonished when he saw the roads last month filled and closed by dust,trush and concrete barriers.
Also in baghdad I heard that many road side bombs exploded in many destricts.
i just like to forget and not hear or read explosions,bombs,terrorists,devastation and live in peace.
baghdadentist
my bother was very sick, after medical investigations ,the SONAR revealed a mild spleenomegally,the physician said its not dangerous and he must be on a special diet and caused his abdominal pain to the doudenum. as for my parents im trying to make them happier.
last week as I was talkng to Sunshine on the net about the blog,suddenly she stopped writing, i thought the net was interrupted or off but later she wrote, "a huge explosion occured,i couldnt answer and Mimi is injured unconscious,bye" i was so worried,"what happened? how is everybody?what happened to my dear Mimi,was it a bombed car as usual?" i thought. The mobile network coverage was so bad not so bad but no service in mosul because on wednesday gunmen attacked the bureau of the mobile company "asiacell" in mosul and the services were limited.
After half an hour she answered "the house has ruined up side down,you cant imagine what happened,Mimi had consciousness but she had few scratches ". the news channels didnt announce that explosion at that day.next evening one channel breiefly mentioned it.
for god's sake a tank "cistern" was exploded and no one knew about it? I kept on turning tv to seek for it but they didnt mention that 'as for my knowledge' what a media we got? Sunshine will publish that asap with more details.
i really like to know why they did that huge explosion???????? the innocents were the victims,even the far houses were terriffied of the sound,think about the childs,old seniors,sick people. and who did it? terrorists? then why we hear every day and declared on whole public that iraq is secured and if they replied except mosul then why they didnt act or delayed till now and do their jobs to save innocents??? I lived in mosul and clearly noticed the ignorance of the superiors.Its not a big city like baghdad to face many difficulties to impose their control in addition the people of mosul like to live in peace. i ve seen most of them didnt like to go out at the best times.they just like to work, back home and go in a small trip at the weekend. the city is called "um alrabe'aen" which means "city of two springs"because of its great wheather and "was" nominated as the first city in cleanliness,now its the dirtiest city in iraq. my father was astonished when he saw the roads last month filled and closed by dust,trush and concrete barriers.
Also in baghdad I heard that many road side bombs exploded in many destricts.
i just like to forget and not hear or read explosions,bombs,terrorists,devastation and live in peace.
baghdadentist
Thursday, November 13, 2008
Abu Ghreib
At last,after 19 months in mosul,I moved back to baghdad in 30 octobre. i spent 7months over the rotation period because i couldnt get the agreement to move my job and complete my residency in baghdad. i went out of mosul and i was so depressed,the people of mosul are really great,i knew many friends,im so sad to leave them but i got to go back to my family.
i got a decision from the ministry of health to work in Abu Ghreib.From 4/11 till now im trying to proceed my job but the Health Office of Alkarkh delayed the deicision that clearly declaring agreement and imposing the office and signed by the minister's deputy.however.i had to go several times to the office.they considered me absent for 5 days and im not,icame to the personnel and registered the decision in 4/11.now im thinking seriously to quit my job.many times i had to get into many many arguements with the employees,all they had to do is to follow the decision from the ministry,its not an illegal procedure.are all dentists in the world had to suffer like me? i felt of being humiliated.Also there were many physicians waiting,they left the hospitals and patients and came to the office for similar reasons.
two days ago the mobile network was so bad because many americans vhicles were near home,next morning my great friend mohannad phoned me,he is abroad and i missed him i was so happy.
the situation in baghdad these two days is frustrating,the bridge between adamiyah and kadimiyah reopened'thats great' but before that day three explosions occured in adamiyah at the same place respectively,many explosions occured,alot of them were not declared in media.
i'd like to show you a picture,we all know what is it its a gun
but do you believe it is a plastic toy!!! right,its a toy,when i saw it i thought a real gun.the are selling those toys and many similar ones in every shop in iraq!.many kids playing by it the 'police game'.this is one of the war's achievements,violence culture.where is the innocence of kids?you may imagine the consequences on the child's mind.
Baghdadentist
i got a decision from the ministry of health to work in Abu Ghreib.From 4/11 till now im trying to proceed my job but the Health Office of Alkarkh delayed the deicision that clearly declaring agreement and imposing the office and signed by the minister's deputy.however.i had to go several times to the office.they considered me absent for 5 days and im not,icame to the personnel and registered the decision in 4/11.now im thinking seriously to quit my job.many times i had to get into many many arguements with the employees,all they had to do is to follow the decision from the ministry,its not an illegal procedure.are all dentists in the world had to suffer like me? i felt of being humiliated.Also there were many physicians waiting,they left the hospitals and patients and came to the office for similar reasons.
two days ago the mobile network was so bad because many americans vhicles were near home,next morning my great friend mohannad phoned me,he is abroad and i missed him i was so happy.
the situation in baghdad these two days is frustrating,the bridge between adamiyah and kadimiyah reopened'thats great' but before that day three explosions occured in adamiyah at the same place respectively,many explosions occured,alot of them were not declared in media.
i'd like to show you a picture,we all know what is it its a gun
but do you believe it is a plastic toy!!! right,its a toy,when i saw it i thought a real gun.the are selling those toys and many similar ones in every shop in iraq!.many kids playing by it the 'police game'.this is one of the war's achievements,violence culture.where is the innocence of kids?you may imagine the consequences on the child's mind.
Baghdadentist
Thursday, October 16, 2008
Mosul & Christians
Hiiii,I wrote a post but i dint publish it simply I didn’t have the time.i was so busy during Eid which I spent it in Baghdad with my family and I didn’t like to lose a moment away from them. I have a plenty of time to keep with the laptop in mosul. Anyhow; the seurity situation is much better than before in baghdad. People were happy during eid” at the beginning of October”. Many families went out to visit their relatives or to celebrate, went to restaurants and playgrounds,BUT I didn’t feel the same baghdad!!!! Its like a military base,follower of iran not the capital of iraq that was called the capital of peace .i havent seen a road without concrete barriers.the people are not the same,my friends are decreasing in number, many government establishments are sectarianisms!!!
Last week the violence approached to involve the Christians in mosul more than any period. Many were killed by terrorists and idiots for just no reason. their baseless stupid actions cannot be vindicated.
My friend dr.O is a Christian. He is a close friend of mine.a very polite,smart,enthusiastic and helpful guy. He went outside the city of mosul in a small village,left his job and his owns to avoid being killed in a time the hospital is in need for every single physician.
I was so depressed when I saw his room.this moment he phoned me and said that two houses belong to Christians were blown up after the owners were threatened and immigrated from their houses. THAT’S NOT FAIR. . I began to phone my friends “the christians whom I don’t like to call them so”, many went outside the city and some of families were divided into parts as dr. N, her bothers outside and the rest of her family still in mosul, what is the fault they committed????!!!! They asked me to take them a 1 month vacation hoping after this period the wise government act or at least hear the voice of the afflicted Mosul.
Today I was about to go to the net café to publish the post but a huge explosion occurred. A car bomb exploded in the neighbourhood near the hospital.the ambulances carried many injured and dead people.the scene was tragic.,people crying ,wifes and sons became widows and orphans in a moment because of a criminal. one of the mothers was crying and screaming “oh god I lost Hasson (her son)” and kept crying in front of the door of the morgue for a long time. i couldn’t eat that night next morning I was depressed.
here are some photos ive taken in the hospital while the national guards and police shooting in a crazy way.
Baghdadentist..
Last week the violence approached to involve the Christians in mosul more than any period. Many were killed by terrorists and idiots for just no reason. their baseless stupid actions cannot be vindicated.
My friend dr.O is a Christian. He is a close friend of mine.a very polite,smart,enthusiastic and helpful guy. He went outside the city of mosul in a small village,left his job and his owns to avoid being killed in a time the hospital is in need for every single physician.
I was so depressed when I saw his room.this moment he phoned me and said that two houses belong to Christians were blown up after the owners were threatened and immigrated from their houses. THAT’S NOT FAIR. . I began to phone my friends “the christians whom I don’t like to call them so”, many went outside the city and some of families were divided into parts as dr. N, her bothers outside and the rest of her family still in mosul, what is the fault they committed????!!!! They asked me to take them a 1 month vacation hoping after this period the wise government act or at least hear the voice of the afflicted Mosul.
Today I was about to go to the net café to publish the post but a huge explosion occurred. A car bomb exploded in the neighbourhood near the hospital.the ambulances carried many injured and dead people.the scene was tragic.,people crying ,wifes and sons became widows and orphans in a moment because of a criminal. one of the mothers was crying and screaming “oh god I lost Hasson (her son)” and kept crying in front of the door of the morgue for a long time. i couldn’t eat that night next morning I was depressed.
here are some photos ive taken in the hospital while the national guards and police shooting in a crazy way.
Baghdadentist..
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
referral & torture
Hi
Still as I am. No changes happened in my life but more boring routine life. Yesterday, my parents told me that there was a conflict and shooting near the house between almahdi army militia and couldn’t hear against whom. The mobile network coverage was so bad and I had to phone them on the land line rather than mobiles. as I talked to my father I cried and could hardly keep my voice tone till the end of the call, he said its very hard not to see you between us and we are in pain but we step on our feelings and tolerate just for your own good.
As for the hospital the campus have been moved to a new place, well its not new its another place.we have restricted movements here, we cant go out or walk along the corridor because the female campus at the end of the corridor. now I have to think and check many times before having a shower,its embarrassing since the bathrooms near the entrance.
I felt bored and couldn’t sleep well so I began to play sport games with my colleagues,I began to feel more enthusiastic. But what made me losing that enthusiasm was the referral system. The head manager came and told us to stop diagnosing any patient without a referral from the health centres. The decision was from the ministry. the patients must be treated at the medical centres near their houses and only the complicated cases will be referred to the specialized dental centre. Its not fair, many patients had to pass through many obstacles and checkpoints just to reach the dental centre and nearly all of them cant afford the cost of treatment in private clinics. Moreover, they came as an urgent cases needing immediate management and care.
The decision is right but the ministry ought to oblige the medical centres to treat those patients before following the referral system. Its not the way to help people, on the contrary.
One may say that in all the posts I published only the sadness and complains were the domains. That’s the truth, in my recent times I witnessed many bad things only good friends and the times I spent with them are excluded.
Baghdadentist
Still as I am. No changes happened in my life but more boring routine life. Yesterday, my parents told me that there was a conflict and shooting near the house between almahdi army militia and couldn’t hear against whom. The mobile network coverage was so bad and I had to phone them on the land line rather than mobiles. as I talked to my father I cried and could hardly keep my voice tone till the end of the call, he said its very hard not to see you between us and we are in pain but we step on our feelings and tolerate just for your own good.
As for the hospital the campus have been moved to a new place, well its not new its another place.we have restricted movements here, we cant go out or walk along the corridor because the female campus at the end of the corridor. now I have to think and check many times before having a shower,its embarrassing since the bathrooms near the entrance.
I felt bored and couldn’t sleep well so I began to play sport games with my colleagues,I began to feel more enthusiastic. But what made me losing that enthusiasm was the referral system. The head manager came and told us to stop diagnosing any patient without a referral from the health centres. The decision was from the ministry. the patients must be treated at the medical centres near their houses and only the complicated cases will be referred to the specialized dental centre. Its not fair, many patients had to pass through many obstacles and checkpoints just to reach the dental centre and nearly all of them cant afford the cost of treatment in private clinics. Moreover, they came as an urgent cases needing immediate management and care.
The decision is right but the ministry ought to oblige the medical centres to treat those patients before following the referral system. Its not the way to help people, on the contrary.
One may say that in all the posts I published only the sadness and complains were the domains. That’s the truth, in my recent times I witnessed many bad things only good friends and the times I spent with them are excluded.
Baghdadentist
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