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Hospitals Treat Victims of Chlorine Gas Bomb Attack

HeadlineMar 20, 2007

Hospitals in Iraq are still treating Iraqis poisoned in a series of chlorine gas bomb attacks over the weekend. Eight people died in the attacks, and 350 people became sick. David Dorsey, the medical director of the Intensive Care Institute, said the injured included many children.

David Dorsey: “I am worried about scars on her lungs in the long term. I also know that children heal up very well, and I feel that it is hopeful that she will live a full life without problems with her lungs.”

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