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...April 1. As Marines staged a diversionary attack, besieging nearby Iraqi irregulars, Army Rangers set up a perimeter around the hospital. It was a moonless night, but the stars were bright enough to guide the Navy SEALs who slipped into the hospital. Led to her room by a doctor on duty, the SEALs opened the door and asked for Jessica Lynch. At first, she was silent, a sheet pulled tightly over her head. "We're U.S. soldiers," said one of the SEALs. "We're here to protect you and take you home." She responded, "I'm an American soldier...
...Hospital in Nasiriyah. It was there, according to news reports, that Lynch was spotted by Mohammed, 32, an Iraqi lawyer who had gone to the hospital to visit his wife, a nurse. According to the Washington Post, Mohammed's interest was piqued by a throng of paramilitary guards. A doctor then directed him to their quarry: a young woman bandaged and covered in a white blanket. Mohammed looked on as a guard, clad all in black, twice slapped the woman. After the man left, Mohammed sneaked back into the room and told the patient not to worry, that he would...
Unless you're exhibiting symptoms of SARS, there's probably no reason to lock yourself inside. But you should monitor your health for 10 days after your return--and inform your doctor of any changes. --By Sora Song
...since it began its rampage through the human population in China last fall. Projected onto a green phosphorescent screen by a beam of electrons and viewed through an optical device that resembles an upside-down periscope, the virus particles--this particular batch came from a relative of the Chinese doctor who became Hong Kong's first fatality on March 4--look chillingly like aliens in a sci-fi film. "There are the little buggers," says Dr. John Nicholls, a pathologist at the University of Hong Kong, leaning aside so a TIME reporter can take a look...
...procedure involved opening the cervix followed by the baby being pulled out feet first and delivering the legs, body, shoulders and arms. When the baby’s head is lodged in the cervix, the doctor takes curved scissors and inserts the scissors into the base of the skull and spreads the scissors to enlarge the opening. The doctor then removes the scissors, inserts a suction catheter into the hole and vacuums out the content of the skull which causes it to collapse, and the rest of the baby is pulled out of the cervix. It is important for readers...