Fox News' wall to to wall Haiti coverage to the exclusion of everything else is bad enough but Israel's herculean efforts in Haiti have been completely ignored by the continuing dumbing down network. I guess they are whoring themselves completely to their Saudi masters (Saudi billionaire, Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, whose investment firm is one of the biggest stakeholders in Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. said he is going expand his alliances with the media giant.) [Update - I stand corrected. I heard Fox had a story a couple of days back. I have been on Fox the last 48 hours and heard not a word. If they are doing wall to wall coverage - one story doesn't cut it.]
Muslim countries do nothing and yet the international community continues to kiss their ass. Despicable.
Look what the Jewish people are doing -- and so proud are they in Israel.
Praise for Israeli mission in Haiti: 'Only ones operating' Y Net newsIsraeli field hospital earns accolades as only aid mission able to do complex surgery in devastated country. CNN reports other missions transfer patients to Israeli base. ABC reports on young woman giving birth therem
The valiant work of Israel's rescue mission to Haiti has been widely covered in the Israeli press. Now it has earned praise from a surprising source: On Monday, US media broadcast items praising the assistance provided by Israel, and one reporter even sent a letter of thanks to Israeli representatives in New York.
CNN reported that Israel is the only state so far to have sent a field hospital equipped with all that is required for surgical operations. Doctors from various missions send patients requiring surgery to Israel's makeshift hospital, particularly those whose condition is critical, the news network said.
According to the report, other field hospitals contain no more than stretcher beds and medical teams who administer first aid, and they are not prepared for complex surgery
UPDATE: Another team is enroute:
An additional IDF rescue and medical aid team is scheduled to depart to Haiti Monday night and will include Home Front Command Maj. Gen. Yair Golan, Director General of the Ministry of Health Dr. Eytan Chai-Am, and Surgeon General, Brig. Gen. Nachman Ash.
The delegation will deliver relief reinforcements that include medicine and additional equipment and will examine the needs of the IDF medical staff on the scene.
Watch this Video Clip from SkyNews of an Israeli Team
Searching for Haitian Survivors
Haiti: Woman gives birth in IDF field
hospital
Article by E.B.
Solomont, JPost Correspondent in Port-Au-Prince, January 18,
2010
Rescuers describe
'Shabbat from hell'
Article by Judy
Siegel-Itzkovich, January 15, 2010
Dr. Besser Assists in Haitian Baby's
BirthVideo Clip: Dr. Richard Besser helps a woman deliver her child amid the chaos in Haiti. January 18, 2010
Video
Clip: Infections 'Out of Control'
Elizabeth Cohen
visits an Israeli hospital in Haiti.
January 18, 2010
Slow
medical care is one more thing for quake victims to
survive
Article by Elizabeth Cohen, January
17, 2010
ZAKA mission to Haiti 'proudly desecrating
Shabbat'
Article by Amit Levy, January 17,
2010
Israeli
team to halt Haiti search efforts Monday
Article by Natasha
Mozgovaya, January 18, 2010
ISRAEL: Sending Soldiers of Peace to
Haiti
Article by Batsheva Sobelman, January 17, 2010
Friends of the IDF reprots:
As a response to the disaster in Haiti , the IDF has sent a Medical and Rescue Team of over 220 members, among them Search and Rescue teams, doctors, nurses, members of the Communications Corps, and more. The IDF delegation arrived in Port-Au-Prince , Haiti and immediately set up a Communications Center and a Field Hospital in a soccer field near the air port, equipped with some of the finest medical and logistical equipment Israel could provide. They began accepting and treating the wounded right away, while Search and Rescue forces continued to locate and rescue survivors trapped in the rubble, including many who were injured during the collapse of the UN headquarters.
The IDF delegation to Haiti , led by the Commander of the Land Search and Rescue Squadron of the Home Front Command, Brig. Gen. (res.) Shalom Ben-Aryeh, will stop searching for people trapped under ruins in Port-au-Prince starting on Tuesday, Jan. 19th. More than four days after the severe earthquake, and upon evaluation of the situation by commanders of the delegation in the field and in Israel , it has been decided that at that time there will be a zero percent chance of finding survivors. However, Home Front Command forces will remain with the delegation for the next two weeks, assisting the Medical Corps in manning the IDF field hospital in the disaster zone.
As of Monday, Jan. 18th, the IDF Medical Corps has treated approximately 200 injured people. 30% of the injured in the hospital are in serious condition, 50% are moderately injured and the rest are lightly injured. More than half of the injured are under the age of 16. The majority of injuries are limb injuries and bone fractures. 25 life-saving surgeries have been performed.
The director of the Haiti field hospital, Col. Dr. Itzik Reis, explained that the IDF delegation is also giving assistance “to people from emergency crews from all over the world – who simply are not capable of dealing with everyone who needs help and giving them treatment.” Col. Reis added: “We have all of the necessary equipment here, it is exactly like a hospital in Israel .”
Today, Monday the 18th, the Israeli forces running the hospital were joined by 9 volunteer doctors from Los Angeles. With so many wounded and so many medical needs to address in this time of crisis, all the help provided by the various countries coming to the aid of the people of Haiti is crucial.
An additional IDF aid delegation is scheduled to depart to Haiti tonight, Monday the 18th. The delegation will be headed by the GOC of the Home Front Command, Maj. Gen. Yair Golan, and will also include the Director General of the Ministry of Health, Dr. Eytan Chai-Am, and the Chief Medical Officer, Brig. Gen. Nachman Ash.
The delegation will deliver relief reinforcements that include medicine and additional equipment. Upon its arrival, the delegation will examine the needs of the IDF medical staff on the scene. The duration of the Israeli forces' stay in Haiti has yet to be determined, however their devotion to the mission of helping the local population is unwavering, and they continue to work around the clock to provide the medical attention so direly needed in the region.
As news of
the earthquake in Haiti started to emerge, the Israeli government immediately
began to make plans to send a delegation to aid in the relief
efforts.
"Our decision to immediately dispatch a large delegation of doctors, nurses, medics, rescue forces as well as drugs and medical equipment to Haiti expresses the deep values which have characterized the Jewish people and the State of Israel throughout history," Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said.
On Friday, two Israeli jets carrying nearly 10 tons of medical equipment, doctors, nurses, medics, police forces and an elite search and rescue team landed in Haiti. The 220-person delegation is led by Brig. Gen. Shalom Ben-Aryeh (Res.), the commander of the Home Front Command's National Search and Rescue Unit.
Thus far, the Israeli search and rescue units have rescued 70 people from beneath the rubble.
In addition to deploying search and rescue units to find survivors, Israel established a field hospital that includes 40 doctors, 24 nurses, medics, paramedics, x-ray equipment and personnel, a pharmacy, an emergency room, two surgery rooms, an incubation ward, a children's ward, a maternity ward, and more. The field hospital is capable of treating nearly 500 victims per day and performing initial surgeries.
The IDF's chief medical officer, Brig. Gen. Nachman Esh, said that while the field hospital will largely treat trauma patients, similar to those encountered in a war, specialists in various other fields have also been sent.
"We expect to have to deal mainly with trauma cases, but when we arrive there, we also expect to encounter the secondary wave of infections and diseases, as well as the routine cases that the local hospitals would usually deal with," Brig. Gen. Esh said.
Israeli Field Hospital, click here.
To see how the Israeli Field Hospital saved the lives of a newborn baby and its mother,
watch this ABC Special.
To view the latest directly from the
Israeli delegation in Haiti, click here.
