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Saving Soweto - 24 Hours of Trauma - 9 Jan 09 - Part 1

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The trauma unit in Bara hospital in Soweto is one of the busiest in the world.

Al Jazeera joins staff for a gruelling 24 hour shift on a pay day weekend - a time when staff and resources are pushed to their limits.

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  • Cernobe "hails from the promised land, hates Islam and tortures Palestinians". His major interest is "PC gaming". Too inadequate to achieve anything in the real world he has turned to the less challenging and more accepting world of gaming. I'm sure Palestinian civilians are terrifeid by his bravery.

  • How about we spend more money on hospitals than the international war machine? Or is that just naive and stupid to think that way? Ought to unload the Cheney gang in Soweto for a weekend...

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  • Did he just say 50-80 percent are HIV+ and have hepatitis? wow that's scary...and blood is everywhere

  • Imagine being posted here, volunteering nursing services.

  • Ah, if only my maths skills were good enough so that I could become a Doctor, would love to go work at a place like this. Great series, respect from Cape Town.

  • @coolcooper1971 Shut your Nazi dumb *ss up! If anything you should be glad we didn't have Nuremberg Trials for SS Hitler Nazis like you. South Africa is a country in transition just like Russia is. Violence is common in Russia just as much as South Africa, but South Africa is still a much cheaper place for Americans and those from Europe to retire.

  • @covertcovenant

    its all subjecitve ofcourse.On a personal level it would be horrible but on a slightly less subjective level I would still understand that dying and natural selection is crusial and inevitable for the future survival of the species at least for the foreseeable future.And there will always be people who will use violence to get their way and sometimes it may be the only way to get justice.

  • @tafka100 I see....that is a very rational conclusion you draw, well let me propose one myself...how about your parents, or grandparents, or brothers and sisters, or children are killed in a war? Would you still feel it is necessary for technological advancement?

  • @covertcovenant

    without wars medical technology would be nowhere near where it is and same goes for any other area of technology.

  • the nurses and doctors are terrible in that hospital , If you really wanna die go to Baragwanath hospital!

  • may god bless all those dedicated people who helped others..

  • now that is a miracle! i am speachless.

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