Testimonials from Iraqi Ministry of Health and Iraqi Physicians

For many years, Iraqi physicians have been denied access to medical developments taking place outside our country. That has made the practice and the study of medicine more difficult and it has denied our professionals the opportunity to offer Iraqi patients the latest, and often most successful diagnoses and treatments. In 2003, WiRED International began supplying our medical schools and teaching hospitals with computer based libraries. The CDs and now hard drive libraries and the many Websites gave our doctors and students an opportunity to read the latest medical journals and catch up on the most recent technical developments. We are eager to see this Medical Information Center project expand from the current facilities to many other hospitals in Iraq. Information is key to our profession and we are pleased that WiRED has been able to assist our medical community with this innovative, effective and most welcomed information support.

I just wanted to tell you how thankful we are here for the services provided by the information centre that Wired International instituted in Basrah. You have given us a very resourceful information centre and the Internet site connections WiRED provided us with made it possible for us to obtain literature that was, otherwise, out of our reach. The centre you erected here is very busy and many times one has to wait to get a free terminal—just to let you know how beneficial it is for us on daily basis. Everybody here sends you their greetings, and we hope that you can widen the scope of your help for us because we are in serious need for it. And we have noted earlier, out of all the people who promised us "the wonderland" you are the only one who really delivered us one. Keep up the good work, God bless you.

Dear Dr. Gary,

I just wanted to tell you that our books have been out of date for many years, we have had no reliable source of medical information. The WiRED Centers, with computers, CDs and Internet access provide our first connection to technical data developed by researchers and doctors in other countries. This information obtained at the Medical Information Centers has been a genuine benefit to me personally and to other Iraqi physicians. Thank you very much for your big help to us Iraqi MD's and hope you may be able to bring us further programs that will help other health staff and not just Iraqi MD's

Dear Dr. Gary Selnow,

I got your email address from the director of our hospital ... Maternity and Peadiatric Hospital in Erbil to send you a word of thank you for your devotion and help to us, Iraqi doctors ... With all the money being spent in Iraq, the few funds allocated to these computers and databases have to be one of the best investments in our medical future. Good medical practice needs the best information and these Centers help us access it. We'll get more sophisticated systems later, but under current conditions, these facilities are pretty remarkable. I am Dr. Sardar Al-Jaff ... a pediatric practitioner in the Maternity and Peadiatric Hospital in Erbil ... I just wanted to send you these lines to say that we are much grateful to WiRED for this great humanitarian work that helped us much in our practice. Thank you WiRED.

Dear Professor Selnow,

You may not know me ... but I know you well and your organization through what you have installed for us in Medical City Center in Baghdad. I'm Dr. Manal Oda ... an Iraqi MD and a graduate student of board of medicine in MCC - Baghdad. I wanted to tell you that for many years, we have studied and practiced medicine without access to the latest technical information. Early in 2003, WiRED installed several Medical Information Centers at Medical City Center and in other Baghdad locations. These facilities gave us the first chance to review the latest journals and research papers. This material and access to the Internet through WiRED's computers have made a big difference in how many Iraqi doctors learn and practice medicine. Our ability to serve patients is better because of this information.

Thank you very much Prof. Selnow ... I, on behalf of all graduate students humbly say to you that your program has helped us a lot ... and we are looking forward to your having other programs implemented here in Iraq. With my best regards to you all in WiRED.

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