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Somalia: Local doctors warn of diseases outbreak
2007-04-04
(SomaliNet) Doctors in the Somalia capital Mogadishu Tuesday warned that the dead corpses laid on the streets of the city could cause health risks, following four days of the bloodiest fighting in 15 years between Ethiopian forces backed by tanks and helicopters and local bands of strong insurgents.

“We the doctors are advising the people in the capital to immediately bury the decayed corpses killed in the war otherwise infectious diseases will break out,” said vice president of Somali Doctors’ association Abdulahi Sheik Hussein.
Reeeeeeally? Rotting corpses in the street are not good for public health? Send that one to Lancet, they might publish it.
Not good for public health? I guess I should clean up outside. Is it okay to put them in the dumpster?
Posted by:Steve White

#1  My dad was a corpsman with the Marines in China after WWII. He said one thing that amazed him was seeing corpses in the streets - the locals didn't seem bothered: "nothing to see here, move along".
Posted by: Spot   2007-04-04 08:28  

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