Amputee supplies headed to Iraq from Mississippi (8/25//04)

Posted on Wed, Aug. 25, 2004
Amputee supplies headed to Iraq from Mississippi
DENISE GRONES
Associated Press


JACKSON, Miss. - A National Guard officer has teamed with a Mississippi hospital to offer a unique gift to amputees in war-torn Iraq - the gift of mobility.

A trailer loaded with prosthetic supplies left Mississippi on Wednesday for a free amputee clinic in Baghdad. The devices, a rarity in Iraq where amputees have been neglected for decades, are being sent by Methodist Rehabilitation Center's Operation Restoration program.

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