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Readers seeking glimpses of the inner workings of Mass. Hall or commentary on current Harvard policies will be disappointed.Though Bok clearly draws on his 20-year term as Harvard’s president in his analysis, his first-person references are notably rare...
...hospitals have had to scramble to create discrete infection wards and procure enough respirators to treat SARS. Economically laggard cities like Hohhot simply can't muster the resources as quickly. "Facilities at Beijing hospitals pale in comparison to those at American hospitals," says Jia Xueyi, a deputy director of Inner Mongolia's propaganda department, "and facilities at Hohhot's hospitals pale in comparison to hospitals in Beijing...
...Meanwhile, hobbled by a lack of candid information about the disease, many doctors are unclear about the best treatment methods available to them. At the Inner Mongolia Thoracic Hospital, located in a squalid part of Hohhot in front of a garbage dump, a doctor eagerly opens an express-mail package sent by a colleague in Beijing. Inside it are pages of SARS research from the University of West Virginia, which points to antioxidants as a possible treatment for the mysterious pathogen. "Our preventive measures aren't sufficient," he says. "Beijing sent us instructions about how to prepare for this disease...
...Despite health authorities who appear committed to openly reporting SARS cases, the region remains susceptible to an outbreak of this treacherously elusive disease. Only 50% of Inner Mongolian residents use the local hospital system, according to the regional health department. Instead, medicine is dispensed by tiny, ill-equipped clinics or a ragged team of barefoot doctors, who often have little more than an elementary-school education. Wei Guo, a second-generation barefoot doctor in the village of Shuiqu, says he knows what to do if he encounters any SARS cases. He will prescribe a popular traditional remedy called banlangen...
...Forces, working with a U.S. Army Special Ops team took Zubaidi from a safe house near the ancient city of Babylon at 9:30 p.m. "Zubaidi has a lot to tell, he's on the list," confirms a Pentagon official in Baghdad. Though now estranged from Saddam Hussein's inner circle, Zubaidi, says a FIF commander, "might have some information about weapons of mass destruction...