Cablegate: Tfiz01: Uaeg Offers Medical Treatment To

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Diana T Fritz 05/24/2007 04:32:03 PM From DB/Inbox: Search Results

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Text:

UNCLASSIFIED

SIPDIS
TELEGRAM April 14, 2003

To: No Action Addressee

Action: Unknown

From: AMEMBASSY ABU DHABI (ABU DHABI 1769 - UNKNOWN)

TAGS: EAID, PREL, PGOV, PHUM

Captions: None

Subject: TFIZ01: UAEG OFFERS MEDICAL TREATMENT TO INJURED IRAQIS

Ref: None
_________________________________________________________________
UNCLAS ABU DHABI 01769

SIPDIS
CXABU:
ACTION: POL
INFO: ECON DCM RSO AMB P/M

DISSEMINATION: POL
CHARGE: PROG

APPROVED: DCM:RAALBRIGHT
DRAFTED: ECON:CCRUMPLER
CLEARED: ECON:TWILLIAMS; POL:SWILLIAMS

VZCZCADI364
OO RUEHC RUCNRAQ RUEKJCS RUMICEA RUEKJCS RUEHDI
RUEHKU
DE RUEHAD #1769 1040549
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
O 140549Z APR 03
FM AMEMBASSY ABU DHABI
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 9396
INFO RUCNRAQ/IRAQ COLLECTIVE PRIORITY
RUEKJCS/SECDEF WASHDC PRIORITY
RUMICEA/USCINCCENT INTEL CEN MACDILL AFB FL PRIORITY
RUEKJCS/JOINT STAFF WASHDC PRIORITY
RUEHDI/AMCONSUL DUBAI PRIORITY 3032
RUEHKU/AMEMBASSY KUWAIT 0841

UNCLAS ABU DHABI 001769

SIPDIS

STATE FOR IRAQ TASK FORCE, ALSO NEA/ARP, NEA/RA,
PRM/ANE, AND IO/UNP
KUWAIT FOR HOC

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: EAID PREL PGOV PHUM IZ TC
SUBJECT: TFIZ01: UAEG OFFERS MEDICAL TREATMENT TO
INJURED IRAQIS

REF: ABU DHABI 1662 AND PREVIOUS

1. The Office of the Chairman of the General Health
Authority for the Emirate of Abu Dhabi Hamed bin Zayid
Al-Nahyan publicly announced on April 13 that the UAE
Red Crescent Authority (RCA) has been authorized to
transport wounded Iraqi civilians to the UAE for
medical treatment. The spokesman said that the UAEG
recognizes that Iraqi hospitals are simply overwhelmed
by the number of patients, and the types of trauma
encountered, since the onset of hostilities in Iraq.

2. According to press reports, each state-run hospital
in Abu Dhabi Emirate reserves part of its facilities to
treat foreign patients in extraordinary circumstances.
The medical care would be provided free of charge, and
the RCA would arrange for the transport of the wounded
from Iraq. Comment: The announcement is not unusual
for the UAEG, which also offered free medical treatment
to wounded Palestinians following the devastation of
the Jenin refugee camp last year. We will seek to
coordinate this effort with the RCA through the
Humanitarian Operations Center (HOC) in Kuwait, and
provide further details when we receive them. End
comment.

Wahba

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