Teams from the International
Committee of the Red Cross
that are still operating in
Iraq have managed to visit
hospitals in Baghdad to help
treat the wounded there.
Iraqi staff members of the ICRC
have reported treating about 100
casualties at Baghdad's Yarmuk
teaching hospital. Spokesman Muin
Qassis in Amman says the wounded
included about 20 women and several
children.

He says ICRC teams also have brought
help to other hospitals in the Iraqi
capital during a lull in the bombing
raids there.

ICRC teams located in the northern city
of Irbil have reached several hundred of
the thousands of displaced Kurds near the
Iranian border.

"Our teams in the north managed to assist
around 600 persons in the north, so far,"
said Mr. Qassis. "And we have learned that
almost 23,000 displaced persons have been
registered in the Penjuin area, a town near
the border with Iran. So things seem to be
under control there."

VOANews.com
Red Cross Treats Iraqi Casualties
Laurie Kassman
Amman, Jordan
23 Mar 2003, 14:55 UTC