VOA标准英语2013--Hospital Treating Afghan War Wounded Sees Busy Days Ahead

 

Hospital Treating Afghan War Wounded Sees Busy Days Ahead

Doctors were forced to amputate this toddler’s leg after a bullet shattered it beyond repair. 

Medical Coordinator¹ Luca Radaelli, with the Italian non-profit Emergency hospital, said the child was one of hundreds.  He said as sides in the conflict fought for control, the number of war victims brought to the hospitals has hit a record high.

“We are expecting a constant increasing of admission in this period. We always had in the summer time an increasing compared to winter, but now we are quite worried because the situation is quite problematic. People are many, the victims are many, much more than before, and to manage a hospital with 100 beds available with this rate of admission it becomes very difficult,” said Radaelli.

This 97-bed Kabul surgical² center is one of three hospitals and 40 first aid posts run by Emergency in Afghanistan.

As foreign troops prepare to leave, funding for humanitarian³ groups like Emergency is waning⁴.

U.N. Assistance Mission in Afghanistan spokeswoman Nilab Mobarez said the country is in desperate need of continued help.

“Our message to the international community is that Afghans really need the humanitarian support and support for the development, because, for the humanitarian action because Afghanistan is one of the most poor countries of the world, and even now it is one of the most poor countries of the world when we have a lot of support to Afghanistan, if it drops it will worsen the situation,” she said.

Amid the dust and chaos⁵ of Kabul, Emergency is an oasis⁶ of cleanliness, peace and free, high-quality health care, financed by the group’s international donors⁷.

Surgeon Shukoor Sardar has saved hundreds of lives here.

“This hospital in my opinion is much, much, much important for these people. Because you see that at the level of this hospital but there is no other hospital in the country. I have seen many other hospitals in the country especially in Kabul, and no hospital works at this level, especially for the war victims. In my opinion it is very much important," he said.

War wounded like Malang, shot several times when attackers sprayed his car with bullets, are brought here from all over the country.

“I had a lot of bleeding, and if they had not brought me here, I don’t know what would have happened to me," said Malang.

Although the mission for foreign troops is winding⁸ down over the coming year, staff at this hospital are expecting many more patients. 

1 coordinator   

n.协调人

参考例句：

• The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, headed by the Emergency Relief Coordinator, coordinates all UN emergency relief. 联合国人道主义事务协调厅在紧急救济协调员领导下，负责协调联合国的所有紧急救济工作。
• How am I supposed to find the client-relations coordinator? 我怎么才能找到客户关系协调员的办公室？

2 surgical   

adj.外科的，外科医生的，手术上的

参考例句：

• He performs the surgical operations at the Red Cross Hospital.他在红十字会医院做外科手术。
• All surgical instruments must be sterilised before use.所有的外科手术器械在使用之前，必须消毒。

3 humanitarian   

n.人道主义者，博爱者，基督凡人论者

参考例句：

• She has many humanitarian interests and contributes a lot to them.她拥有很多慈善事业，并作了很大的贡献。
• The British government has now suspended humanitarian aid to the area.英国政府现已暂停对这一地区的人道主义援助。

4 waning   

adj.（月亮）渐亏的，逐渐减弱或变小的n.月亏v.衰落( wane的现在分词 )；（月）亏；变小；变暗淡

参考例句：

• Her enthusiasm for the whole idea was waning rapidly. 她对整个想法的热情迅速冷淡了下来。
• The day is waning and the road is ending. 日暮途穷。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

5 chaos   

n.混乱，无秩序

参考例句：

• After the failure of electricity supply the city was in chaos.停电后，城市一片混乱。
• The typhoon left chaos behind it.台风后一片混乱。

6 oasis   

n.（沙漠中的）绿洲，宜人的地方

参考例句：

• They stopped for the night at an oasis.他们在沙漠中的绿洲停下来过夜。
• The town was an oasis of prosperity in a desert of poverty.该镇是贫穷荒漠中的一块繁荣的“绿洲”。

7 donors   

n.捐赠者( donor的名词复数 )；献血者；捐血者；器官捐献者

参考例句：

• Please email us to be removed from our active list of blood donors. 假如你想把自己的名字从献血联系人名单中删去，请给我们发电子邮件。
• About half this amount comes from individual donors and bequests. 这笔钱大约有一半来自个人捐赠及遗赠。 来自《简明英汉词典》

8 winding   

n.绕，缠，绕组，线圈

参考例句：

• A winding lane led down towards the river.一条弯弯曲曲的小路通向河边。
• The winding trail caused us to lose our orientation.迂回曲折的小道使我们迷失了方向。