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Does anyone know of any physicians and/or other health care personnel wounded in Iraq and/or Afghanistan? If so, any info on the nature of their injuries?
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Wounded Docs??
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Wayne State University School of Medicine had an e-mail circulating through its e-mail system late last year (November/December) which stated that one of its recent grads (now in the Navy) was wounded in Iraq by a IED and is dealing with shrapnel to the legs.
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Here is the letter Jeeps is refering to. I removed the name.
"Please help lift the spirits of a WSU School of Medicine alumnus recently wounded in the Iraqi War. Dr. X, a member of the Wayne State University School of Medicine Class of 2002, was serving as a physician in the U.S. Navy Medical Corps when an explosive device detonated near his vehicle, sending fragmentation into to both of his legs. Dr. X is currently at the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, Md., but may move between there and other sites in the coming months, as he faces additional surgery and rehabilitation.
Dr. X is in good spirits, but a card or a note from former classmates and the rest of the School of Medicine community would surely brighten his day. Please deliver all cards to Scott Hall; drop boxes will be placed in the building's lobby and cafeteria starting tomorrow, Dec. 17. All cards received by the end of the day on Thursday, Dec. 23, will be hand delivered to him."
"Please help lift the spirits of a WSU School of Medicine alumnus recently wounded in the Iraqi War. Dr. X, a member of the Wayne State University School of Medicine Class of 2002, was serving as a physician in the U.S. Navy Medical Corps when an explosive device detonated near his vehicle, sending fragmentation into to both of his legs. Dr. X is currently at the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, Md., but may move between there and other sites in the coming months, as he faces additional surgery and rehabilitation.
Dr. X is in good spirits, but a card or a note from former classmates and the rest of the School of Medicine community would surely brighten his day. Please deliver all cards to Scott Hall; drop boxes will be placed in the building's lobby and cafeteria starting tomorrow, Dec. 17. All cards received by the end of the day on Thursday, Dec. 23, will be hand delivered to him."
rose13 said:
I met one Navy Flight Surgeon (working with a USMC helicopter squadron) who suffered injuries and had a leg amputated. He was actually lucky he survived. He is now doing a civilian residency in a competitive specialty.
Before this current Iraq and Afghanistan war, over 50 Navy FS have died in the past 60 years of naval aviation. Most of these deaths occurred during the 1940 - 60s.
