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October 8th, 2014
Partnership with the talented and passionate team at End Ebola Now begins today with #ShakeEbolaOff dance challenge to help raise awareness and funds to support our Ebola response in Sierra Leone.
October 6th, 2014
It is possible to recover from Ebola: Monjama and Salatu have done just that!
Monjama and Salamatu are both 25 years old, from Freetown and Ebola survivors. They were treated at the EMERGENCY Ebola Treatment Center in Lakka, Sierra Leone.
Click here for a photo and to read more.
September 23th, 2014
Our doctors and nurses are already working round-the-clock at the new Ebola Treatment Center in Lakka, Sierra Leone which we just opened 5 days ago.
So far, the center has taken in 10 patients, and 2 suspect cases are on their way now from the province of Pujehun.
Don Emanuel, the Spanish priest brought to our center last Friday, was taken back to his country yesterday morning. He's in a critical condition.
His bed was been taken over by Grace, a 38-year old woman whose Ebola test was done while she was being taken care of in the isolation unit at our Goderich Surgical Center yesterday evening proved positive. Grace was 6 months pregnant, but she suffered a miscarriage just before being brought to our Ebola Treatment Center in Lakka.
September 18th, 2014
In Sierra Leone the Ebola epidemic is out of control. Over 1,500 people have contracted Ebola, and more than half of them have died. 500 new cases have come to light in the last 3 weeks alone. Every day, more than 20 people fall ill with the disease.
To deal with this situation, EMERGENCY opened a new Ebola Treatment Center today in Lakka, near our hospital and the capital city of Sierra Leone, Freetown.
September 13th, 2014
So far there has been 1,305 cases of Ebola in Sierra Leone, including 76 in the capital of Freetown and 42 in the "Western Area" where our Goderich hospital is located. The two treatment centers of Kenema and Kailahun are full, and won't be able to take in any more patients for a few days: those who test results come back positive will have to wait until a bed becomes free in the isolation units.
- Huffington Post article on September 16th, "As Ebola Outbreak Spreads, Here's How You Can Help" – mentions EMERGENCY USA.
September 4th, 2014
The Ebola outbreak is creating a healthcare crisis as people are unable to access the life-saving surgical and medical treatment they need due to the closing of hospitals, the deaths of healthcare workers and the strain on the entire region as local personnel are being relocated to focus on treating and stopping Ebola, leaving many others in need of treatment with no place to go, except for our hospital.
Last Monday the President of Sierra Leone, Ernest Bai Koroma, visited the EMERGENCY hospital in Goderich.
We told him that the closure of the children's hospital and the operating rooms in the general hospital are having serious effects on our ability to treat people in need.
August 25th, 2014
Three patients tested positive for Ebola at the EMERGENCY hospital in Sierra Leone on, SUnday, August 24th, 2014. These patients who tested positive for Ebola were transferred from the EMERGENCY hospital in Goderich to the offical treatment center in Kenema, as required by national guidelines for Sierra Leone.
A woman and her 3-year-old twin daughters were admitted to the EMERGENCY hospital in Sierra Leone on Thursday evening with fever and diarrhea. They were immediately recognized as suspected cases, so they were placed in one of our two isolation wards where they were treated with supportive care while awaiting their test results.
August 21st, 2014
Due to the Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone, EMERGENCY is running the only fully functional healthcare facilities in Freetown. Click here to read more.
August 19th, 2014
As we are inundated with media coverage of the Ebola outbreak in West Africa, including Sierra Leone, it is important to recognize the root causes of this international public health crisis. On a global scale, these causes are war, poverty and privatized healthcare. By addressing these deeper root causes we can develop the tools and resources required to address the immediate and massive needs of those affected by the current crisis—the worst Ebola outbreak in recorded history—and prevent similar complex global health crises in the future. Click here to read, "5 Root Causes of the Ebola Crisis and How to Prevent a Future Outbreak" by Eric Talbert, Executive Director of EMERGENCY USA.
August 11th, 2014
Eric Talbert, Executive Director of EMERGENCY USA, was interviewed on the Melissa Harris-Perry Show about the Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone and the impact its had on the EMERGENCY surgical and pediatric hospital near the capital city of Freetown. In this MSNBC segment hosted by Melissa Harris-Perry, Eric mentions the importance of a human rights based approach to medicine and public health in areas devastated by war as well as the financial investment being made to protect the EMERGENCY staff and hospital from Ebola. The EMERGENCY Surgical Center is the main trauma referral center for the entire country of Sierra Leone and is open 24 hours a day 7 days a week. Click here to view the interview.
August 7th, 2014
Despite hundreds of cases verified around Sierra Leone and neighboring countries, we have yet to see any patients with the Ebola virus at our surgical center in Goderich, near the capital city of Freetown. But we're on high alert.
July 22nd, 2014
"Do not enter with weapons"
At the entrance to our hospitals in war zones, signs like this one remind people that a hospital is a place of healthcare, and peace.
That's why we're so shocked by the information arriving from Gaza: 600 dead, thousands of casualties, a hospital that becomes a target for the bombing.
Hitting places of treatment and bombing civilians won't stop the violence.
Stop firing: war will do nothing but lead to another war.
July 16th, 2014
Eight days into Operation "Protective Edge" and there have been 194 deaths, along with more than 1,400 wounded. The bombing hasn't spared schools, orphanages or mosques, or even the hospitals that have actually become a specific target of the attacks.
Over 20,000 people have left their homes, fleeing from the threat of a massacre that they know only too well.
The war began 65 years ago, and still it goes on: violence generates more violence. A new war clearly isn't the solution to the Israel-Palestine conflict.
We've seen it every single day in our hospitals for the past 20 years: war is never a solution.
In Gaza, as in Kabul, Bangui or Baghdad, war always and only means the crushing of other human beings.
We're asking both sides to adopt an immediate ceasefire for the good of the civilian population, and we're asking the international community to develop a peace process that guarantees full respect of human rights for both Israelis and Palestinians.
We can still decide to give up the idea of war; only respect for the application of rights can stop this descent into violence that we're witnessing.
July 15th, 2014
Kabul, Afghanistan
Yesterday the EMERGENCY hospital in Kabul took in 23 people wounded in the morning attack in the province of Paktika, near the Pakistan border: a car bomb exploded in the crowded market, killing 89 people and leaving dozens injured.
The 23 patients (all of them male adults apart from 3 children) had to face a 7-hour journey by ambulance to reach us; an immense length of time, given that the most distant towns our patients generally come from are 4 hours away.
In the afternoon there was shooting less than 1 kilometre from our hospital.
After 13 years of war, up to 130,000 foreign soldiers in the country, and 4.2 billion dollars spent every year for the Afghan security forces (equal to 50% of the local Financial Act), the situation in Afghanistan is worsening day by day.
Attacks and fighting are daily occurrences, and they're getting more and more intense: in the first 6 months of 2014, we saw a 20% increase in the number of war wounded arriving at our hospitals.
EMERGENCY has been working in Afghanistan since 1999, with a Surgical Centre for war victims in Kabul and another in Lashkar-gah (Helmand), a hospital and a Maternity Centre in Anabah (Panjshir Valley), 40 First Aid Posts and Health Centres, and a healthcare assistance program in the prisons of Kabul.
In Afghanistan, EMERGENCY has treated over 3,900,000 people.
May 25th, 2014
Kabul, Afghanistan
I've just returned back to Kabul after spending a few days in Italy, and the situation's exactly as it was when I left a week ago: the hospital is full of wounded people, arriving every day from Kabul and the nearby provinces.
The spring offensive has begun, and you only need to take a look at our hospital registers to see it: all the 95 beds are occupied. The children's ward is full to overflowing: we've been forced to put the boys on the adult wards.
In the first four months of this year, our hospitals in Kabul and Lashkar-gah saw a 37% rise in children admitted for war-related injuries: no one could still have the nerve to call them "side effects."
Luca Radaelli – EMERGENCY Medical Coordinator in Afghanistan
May 5th, 2014
Goderich, Sierra Leone
Below is a photo of the first newborn baby to use the incubator recently donated to us.
His name is Bobo Patrick. He's 3 days old and weighs 2.6kg, and was sent to us from the public paediatric hospital for an omphalocele repair procedure. The operation was carried out this morning, and the patient is now stable in our critical care unit.
Luca Rolla - EMERGENCY Medical Coordinator in Sierra Leone
May 4th, 2014
Bangui, Central African Republic
In these past few weeks, the level of safety in the Central African Republic continues to get worse and worse. The northern part of the country is out of control: despite the presence of the French troops and MISCA, the Anti-balaka and Seleka go on fighting.
Skirmishes are rare in Bangui now, but the crime level is extremely high.
It's hard to predict what could happen.
The EMERGENCY Paediatric Centre is always full to overflowing. The malaria situation is critical: every day we're taking in children in such serious conditions that it's impossible to treat them.
Jules, a 1-year old boy, was brought to our Paediatric Centre by another organisation that works just outside Bangui. He was suffering from a serious form of malaria and needed urgent transfusions, but there was nothing we could do: he was already dead when he reached us.
The photo below is by Catianne Tijerina of a young boy who was lucky enough to reach us in time to be treated.
April 28th, 2014
Bangui, Central African Republic
A convoy of 1,200 Muslims set off today from PK12, 12km from the center of Bangui, heading north.
Despite the tensions, there was no fighting when they departed and the international forces will escort them for the whole journey.
Immediately after they left, people began ransacking the mosque where the refugees had been living for many weeks.
This was one of the largest Muslim communities left in the city after the skirmishes of recent months: the Muslims were one of the main targets for the Anti-balaka militia, particularly after the resignation of president Djotodia last February.
In the rest of the country, the situation is out of control. It's been a bit more stable here in Bangui over the last few weeks, even though there's no let-up at all in some neighbourhoods.
Fighting continues in the Muslim settlements, and the roads are extremely dangerous in the evening due to the presence of militiamen, drifters and run-of-the-mill criminals.
There are too many weapons to be had for the asking, like in every war.
At the Complexe Pédiatrique (the public hospital where our emergency surgery team has been working for over a year now), the patients are mostly children with old wounds never treated, or treated badly: especially outside Bangui, access to medical care - and free care in particular - is always a major problem.
The rainy season has arrived early, so there's been an increase in the number of patients with malaria and problems of the airways. At our Paediatric Centre, there's no end in sight to the emergency situation: the ward, and the tent with its 8 additional beds (put up in the worst days of the war) are always full.
April 24th, 2014
Tagab, Afghanistan
And here we are again: the material's ready, the nurses' training has been completed, the ambulance is ready to go. Time to open: as of today, Tagab - the most bloodstained district of the province of Kapisa in northern Afghanistan - has its own First Aid Post (FAP).
We'd noted the need to have a permanent presence here for some time: all the war casualties that were coming to us in the peaceful village of Anabah came from this area and we knew that the healthcare situation was bad.
That's why, about a year ago, we started setting up some contacts locally. The time since then has flown by with projects, meetings with the local people, preparations and waiting; now the moment has arrived to open the doors.
While we were getting the FAP ready, we received many enthusiastic phone calls from our Afghan colleagues in Tagab: "Everything's going well here. The people are helping us in every way possible; they come to see how the work is coming on, and they thank us. The older people of the village keep asking us when we'll be opening!"
Today, Thursday the 24th of April, the FAP beginnings its work: at last the patients of Tagab and Alasay will have the chance to be treated and, if necessary, transferred by ambulance to our hospital in Anabah as quickly as possible".
Michela, EMERGENCY Nurse in Afghanistan
April 21st, 2014
Bangui, Central African Republic
Pauline arrived at our hospital six weeks ago.
She was in a coma after being struck in the head with a machete during an attack in Boda, one of the area's most badly hit by the war, 200km from Bangui.
She was alone, brought in by a humanitarian organisation that works in her city. They told us she was an orphan, then said her parents had fled to the forest to escape the fighting, and finally that her mother had left when Pauline was still a baby and she'd been brought up by her father, who'd since disappeared.
Yesterday, we finally found an aunt who came to take her home. Pauline is doing much better; she's put on weight and is always full of life.
Pauline cries though, and she doesn't want to go home. "There are bad men there. I don't want to go", she says.
In Bangui, safety is improving. There's no more fighting. People have resumed their everyday lives, albeit amid the hardships of a country that was already poor before and is now on its knees due to the effects of the war.
In the provinces, the skirmishes continue and there doesn't appear to be any way out.
April 9th, 2014
The words say "EMERGENCY HOSPITAL". The message is "Don't bomb, please". This is the sign we've put on the roof of our new First Aid Post (FAP) in Urmuz, Afghanistan, to let the pilots of drones and planes know it's a place of medical treatment. To ask for respect for our patients and our personnel. The sign in Urmuz isn't the only one: there are similar signs on the roofs of all our facilities in this country.
We'd dearly love for there to be a huge sign over the whole of Afghanistan: "Don't bomb, please." And for it to be respected.
April 8th, 2014
Bangui, Central African Republic
Two-month old Jaid arrived at the Complexe Pédiatrique on Thursday night, with a machete wound. His family had been attacked by the Anti-balaka while they were sleeping; his mother tried to get him to safety but, as she was running, they were hit. Luckily Jaid isn't in a serious condition.
Marina, EMERGENCY Nurse at the Complexe Pédiatrique in Bangui, Central African Republic
April 7th, 2014
On Saturday, April 5th, 2014 Afghanistan voted for its new President. Unfortunately, in our hospitals, we saw the same old country: full of blood, with the innocent paying the highest price.
During the day, our Lashkar-gah Surgical Centre took in 7 women (one of them pregnant) and 6 children. All of them war victims.
The number of patients at our surgical centre in Kabul was 15, including 4 women and 2 children.
April 3rd, 2014
Bangui, Central African Republic
Bangui and the Central African Republic are still living in a state of uncertainty.
The presence of the Chad military contingent, here to escort Muslim civilians out of Bangui, has increased the level of tension even further.
Far from the capital, the situation is out of control. A few days ago, from a village about 200km away, a 2-year old child arrived at the Complexe Pédiatrique with gunshot wounds. He'd been in the forest with his father when a bullet hit both of them, killing the man and seriously injuring little Dieumerci in the jaw.
The child stayed next to his father's body for some days, alone, without food or medical treatment.
When he arrived at the Complexe Pédiatrique, his condition was precarious but now, after a series of surgical interventions, he's out of danger. Dieumerci's face will remain disfigured forever though.
Federico Bozzetti, EMERGENCY Surgeon at the Complexe Pédiatrique in Bangui
April 1st, 2014
Bangui, Central African Republic
Yesterday and today things seemed quieter in the city center, but shooting continues in the neighbourhoods of PK11 and PK12, day in day out.
On Saturday, soldiers from Chad arrived in the city to evacuate the last citizens from Chad left in the refugee camps.
As they entered the city, they fired on the crowd for no apparent reason: 20 people were killed.
The unexpected arrival of the soldiers from Chad rekindled the anger of the Anti-balaka, and this morning the security committee that oversees all the NGOs recommended we limit all our movements in the northern part of the city because of possible riots linked to the departure of the military convoy.
We're still working hard at our Paediatric Centre and at the Complexe Pédiatrique. The number of children arriving in serious - often incurable - conditions continues to rise.
There's no free healthcare, especially outside the city: the sick and wounded have to face long, demanding journeys to get to our centre.
A mother arrived today with her child: disabled, she'd pedalled 100 kilometres - from Mbaiki to Bangui - on a three-wheeled bike to bring us her daughter who'd been ill for many days.
At 3 o'clock she set off home - another 100km to get back to Mbaiki.
The difficulty in getting access to free treatment leads parents to enlist the help of local healers too: we often have to treat children intoxicated or burnt as a result of traditional "cures".
This is another consequence of poverty and war.
Ombretta, EMERGENCY Program Coordinator Central African Republic
March 28th, 2014
Bangui, Central African Republic
Yesterday was quiet in Bangui but, as usual, the peace lasted less than 24 hours.
This morning we were woken by the sound of far-off shooting: it was coming from Fatima, an area to the south-east of the capital. A Christian wake was targeted by grenades launched by groups of Muslims. It seems there were many wounded and around a dozen killed.
An 11-year old girl arrived at the Complexe Pédiatrique with arm and leg injuries caused by grenade splinters. Her two sisters and her mother are dead.
Now everyone's afraid there'll be a new upsurge of violence and retaliation.
In these conditions, it's very hard for us to get around. After assessing the safety situation today, we decided to go back to the refugee camp as planned, but crossing markets packed with agitated people and seeing overloaded taxis being stopped always creates some anxiety among our staff when they're trying to move around. And the unpredictability of what might happen only adds extra tension.
We examined around ninety children in the camp. Three of them were in a serious condition so we transferred them to the Paediatric Centre where they'll be able to get the necessary treatment.
A pregnant girl told us she'd been raped about 6 months ago; since then she's never received any medical care so we decided to take her to the clinic for a prenatal check-up. Conditions in the camp are hard. The number of inhabitants has doubled in the last few days, reaching a figure of 10,000.
In the Paediatric Centre too, we're still examining lots of children: today there were over 100.
Ombretta, EMERGENCY Program Coordinator Central African Republic
March 27th, 2014
Bangui, Central African Republic
This city and this country are unpredictable.
After days on maximum alert, today the situation seemed calmer: lots of soldiers on the streets and more cars around.
This relative "quiet" meant we were able to get out of the city and see what was happening in one of the refugee camps.
We never know what to expect from one day to the next, so as soon as there's any sign of stability we make the most of it to understand the needs outside the city; in some camps, the presence of health personnel isn't always possible for safety reasons.
As soon as our car approached the camp, hordes of children began running towards us.
We examined around a hundred of them, many suffering from malaria, pneumonia and gastrointestinal infections.
We always come across the same serious illnesses, so common here: it's hard not to get ill if you haven't have a roof over your head, or a mosquito net, or running water. Yesterday's heavy rains didn't help things either.
There were more patients today at the Paediatric Centre too. Among them were twins boys born just a few days ago - one with pneumonia and the other neonatal sepsis.
As we watch them breathe with difficulty, we can't help thinking that there's no free neonatal care in this entire country.
Ombretta, EMERGENCY Program Coordinator Central African Republic
March 26th, 2014
Bangui, Central African Republic
It's unnaturally quiet in Bangui today. The shooting is less frequent and patrols have increased, but there are still few people out on the streets. For some days now, the two main access roads into the city have been blocked by the Antibalaka; just a few hundred metres from our Paediatric Centre, heading towards the outskirts, cars are stopped at the makeshift barricades controlled by armed men. Taxis get within maybe a hundred metres and stop, offloading their passengers before making a U-turn. The market in PK5, the most important of the city, is deserted. We used to go there regularly for our supplies, but we can't even get close to it now.
Whole neighbourhoods seem empty, like ghost towns. The people are again seeking shelter in the refugee camps or with relatives who live outside the city. From the early afternoon on, the roads are deserted; people head back home early to avoid whatever might happen. Today, like in the past few days, there've been very few patients at the Paediatric Centre; by 3 o'clock, only 45 children had been examined at our First Aid Post. It's even difficult to discharge patients, as there are no taxis available and the mothers sometimes have to walk miles to reach their homes. We took in a 4-year old boy today. He's got a serious anaemia and is very poor conditions; fear prevented his parents from bringing him to us sooner.
Ombretta, EMERGENCY Program Coordinator Central African Republic
March 24th, 2014
Bangui, Central African Republic
In Bangui the tension of the past few days shows no signs of diminishing: Muslims and Antibalaka continue to fight, and there are many deaths. Just last night there was an attack on PK5, a neighbourhood with a high concentration of Muslims.
The Antibalaka are barricading the city so they can control all the roads. The refugee and displaced persons camps are filling up again: people are afraid of what could happen, and search for protection in numbers. In this situation of total uncertainty, movements are kept to a minimum; we can see it at our Pediatric Centre too - this morning there are only 30 patients, whereas on Mondays there are usually around 150.
Exactly one year on from the coup d'état and Michel Djotodia's self-proclamation as president (the head of the Seleka subsequently resigned in January), the Central African Republic is still a country without peace and, as always, the first victims are the civilians: women, children and men killed or wounded by the war and its consequences - hardship, poverty, lack of food, difficulty in getting even the most basic treatment and services.
March 24th, 2014
Urmuz is in the district of Nawazad in Helmand Province, Afghanistan. It's basically just a group of houses in the desert, where the inhabitants of what was once the village of Nawazad have taken refuge, in the hope of escaping the fighting and abuse of power that is scourging the area.
It's here that we've opened our new First Aid Post (FAP) to help the people of this new village, where every type of service is lacking.
At the FAP, our personnel (all local people, trained by EMERGENCY) will provide healthcare and emergency treatment for the most seriously wounded, who we'll then be transfer by ambulance to our hospital in Lashkar-gah. This new FAP takes its place with the other 30-plus that we've opened in Afghanistan to offer aid to people in even the most remote villages, or those without any free healthcare facilities, and to create a system whereby patients in the most serious conditions can be brought to our hospitals.
March 23rd, 2014
Bangui, Central African Republic
There were violent clashes between Seleka and Antibalaka yesterday in PK5.
No official figures are known, but there's talk of dozens of corpses in the streets. PK5 is one of the hardest hit areas of Bangui: there's been no let-up in the fighting here.
"I'd rather sleep in the hospital" one of the guards at the Paediatric Centre told us a few days ago: he lives in PK5 and he's afraid to go home.
March 22nd, 2014
Bangui, Central African Republic
Fighting continues in Bangui, especially in the areas on the outskirts of the city.
But yesterday skirmishes broke out near our paediatric clinic too, in the heart of the city.
Five kids arrived at the Complexe Pédiatrique with leg and foot wounds from firearms and grenades.
One was taken straight to the operating theatre, while the others were treated and came back today for a check-up: they're doing fine.
Soon after, a 10-year old boy came in. He'd been injured the previous evening by a bullet to his abdomen and leg. He'd lost a lot of blood. We operated on him straight away and he's now in intensive care.
Another boy of the same age arrived a short time later, his face covered in blood: he'd been next to his brother, who was working, when a bullet struck his lower jaw and chin.
One day in the hospital of Bangui, in the Central African Republic.
March 21st, 2014
Kabul, Afghanistan
Attach on the Serena Hotel – Two Wounded Brought to the EMERGENCY Hospital.
Yesterday evening, armed men attacked the Serena Hotel in Kabul - a point of reference for international visitors to the country.
There's talk of nine people killed - five Afghans and four foreigners. In the night, two of the wounded arrived at the EMERGENCY Surgical Center in Kabul: a man who wasn't seriously injured (we treated him in the clinic, and then discharged him), and a 4-year old child with a serious head wound. He was brought in on his own: it seems his relatives were killed in the attack.
Our surgeons operated on him in the night, and now he's in intensive care. We're looking after him, but his condition is serious so it'll be a few days before we know for sure whether he's out of danger.
EMERGENCY Surgical Center in Kabul
March 16th, 2014
Bangui, Central African Republic
"Pauline, the child from Boda that we operated on about 10 days ago, is gradually recovering. She has a long way to go before she'll be fully back to normal, but she's getting better.
When she was brought to the Complexe Pédiatrique in Bangui - where she had her operation - she was in a coma as a result of a machete wound to her head.
Over the past few days we've been trying to trace her relatives in Boda. We'd been told that her parents were dead, but it seems they're actually alive and hiding in the forest to escape the fighting.
We know it won't be easy to reunite the family, but we'll do everything we can.
Be brave Pauline - perhaps the worst is behind you now."
Ombretta, EMERGENCY Program Coordinator Central African Republic
March 14th, 2014
Bangui, Central African Republic
"The displaced persons camp where we work is almost empty now.
Those who could, have left the country, while the others are moving into the city: conditions in the camp are absolutely unbearable.
For some though, leaving is the end rather than the beginning of their journey.
A few days ago, two couples left for Cameroon with their children.
They didn't get far: just a short distance from the camp, their car was stopped by armed men. They spared the women and children, but killed the two men."
Ombretta, EMERGENCY Program Coordinator Central African Republic
March 6th, 2014
Bangui, Central African Republic
"He comes from Boye, just outside Bangui.
Yvef is 6 years old. His father brought him to the Pediatric Centre about 10 days ago.
He was tired and fatigued, with a swollen face and eyes; his father told us he'd lost a lot of weight. They come from a rural area, where they've probably borne the brunt of this war: fighting, fear and hunger.
But it's not only malnutrition that's making the child ill: after some tests, we discovered he has juvenile insulin-dependent diabetes.
We're treating him and he's feeling better, but we can't help thinking about the day when he'll have to be discharged. We'll have to establish insulin therapy, but he doesn't have a fridge. We'll have to recommend a special diet, but we don't know if his family will be able to find the food. We don't even know where he'll go, or whether he'll still have a house".
Ombretta, EMERGENCY Program Coordinator Central African Republic
March 4th, 2014
Goderich, Sierra Leone
"Over 30 patients arrived in just a few minutes at our Surgery Center in Sierra Leone last Thursday. These injuries were from a road accident on Hill Cut, a road which leads down the hill into Freetown.
The wounded were travelling on the rear load area of a truck belonging to a road construction firm, when the driver lost control of the vehicle. It's estimated that there were 50 to 80 people on the truck. Some say the accident was caused by an exploding tire, while others think it was due to brake failure. In any case, the vehicle overturned as it was coming downhill, hurling out its "passengers" and injuring passers-by as well.
As soon as we found out that a large number of injured were coming in, we activated our mass casualty protocol so we'd be ready to manage the emergency in the best possible way. The patients included serious multiple-trauma victims and patients with broken bones. Others - the luckier ones - got away with simple contusions. We had to set up some beds in the corridor for the temporary hospitalisation and observation of some patients who couldn't be discharged or transferred: so many people arrived that there weren't enough free beds in the wards."
Marco, EMERGENCY surgeon in Goderich, Sierra Leone
March 2nd, 2014
Bangui, Central African Republic
In the Muslim refugee camp near the airport in Bangui, where we've been working for the past two months, there are now just 400 people: the Chad refugees have been sent back to their country and the Central African Muslims are gradually being transferred to the city.
The aim is to clear out the refugee camps and the big mosque, where the Muslims have been gathering since the outbreak of the latest attacks, and transfer them to other places in the city, where living and safety conditions should be better. None of them want to go back to their homes: they still feel too afraid and too uncertain about the future.
As long as there are still people living in the camp, we'll keep on coming here to treat the children and newborn babies: there are just a few now, so we're able to monitor them between one check-up and the next, intervening as soon as it's necessary. They're completely exhausted: there's no food, no clean water, no toilet facilities and, above all, no certainty for the future.
February 26th, 2014
Bangui, Central African Republic
Since the removal of the president, Djotodia, hostilities against Muslim citizens have become increasingly violent.
For fear of reprisals, the Muslims of Bangui have taken refuge in the big mosque in the PK12 area, and in one of the refugee camps that sprang up near the airport at the beginning of the conflict.
In all the camps, living conditions are bordering on mere survival: there's little water, little food and no shelter. Even just getting to the camp, where we've been treating children up to the age of 14 for the past two months has become very hard. On the road to the airport, skirmishes between the Anti-balaka and the Misca troops are a daily occurrence and vehicles (even those used by humanitarian workers) are stopped at the temporary checkpoints to see whether there are any Muslims inside.
For them, getting access to health treatment is now extremely difficult. They're afraid even to go to the hospitals because they feel they're under fire, and refuse to move any distance from their communities.
Our staff in Bangui has been working tirelessly for months.
Our Pediatric Center is now the reference hospital for all emergencies. All the beds are constantly occupied, so we've added more room in the clinics.
At the Complexe Pédiatrique, where the EMERGENCY war surgery team has been working for nearly a year, two children have arrived in these last two days with wounds from stray bullets. A third had a serious infection: he'd been injured more than a month ago during shooting in a village in the north, but his wounds had been neglected. He was given the initial, urgent treatment and is now waiting for his operation, scheduled for tomorrow. He'll be with us for a few weeks.
Ombretta, EMERGENCY Program Coordinator Central African Republic
February 19th, 2014
Bangui, Central African Republic
The Central African Republic is facing a devastating humanitarian crisis, and the first victims are its children.
Fighting is still continuing in the villages of the north: thousands of people have escaped to the woods in an attempt to find shelter from the violence, and lorries packed with civilians are leaving the cities of Bouar, Bouca, Berberati, Bocaranga and Bossangoa, heading for the capital or towards Cameroon and Chad.
While the skirmishes between the Antibalaka groups and Miska troops continue, the Muslims have left the city of Bangui or taken refuge in the camps. "At 10 o'clock last night, two lorries arrived at the refugee camp near the airport where we've been working for the past two months. They were carrying 500 people fleeing from the PK20. Among them were 5 children, already dead. New refugees continue to flood in. Every day we treat at least a hundred children and, over the past week, we've vaccinated 800," says Ombretta Pasotti, coordinator of EMERGENCY 's program in the Central African Republic.
Humanitarian aid is scarce and it has trouble getting through to the people; improvised checkpoints hamper the transportation of the wounded.
The lack of security limits civilians' access to treatment because they're afraid to make the journey, and fear for their safety even in the city hospitals.
Our doctors are working tirelessly in our Pediatric Center and the public hospital too. Children arrive at our Pediatric Center in increasingly critical conditions: they come from the refugee camps, where the appalling hygiene and lack of food and water are deteriorating the already highly vulnerable state of health of these people.
Our Pediatric Center (the only one in the city offering advanced healthcare) is also the point of reference for the other organisations providing basic treatment in the city; they send us all their patients in particularly serious condition, especially those suffering from malaria, anaemia, meningitis and osteomyelitis.
EMERGENCY's surgical team continues to work at the Complexe Pédiatrique (the public hospital) as well. Since arriving there last March, the group has performed operations on 143 children who are victims of war.
February 12th, 2014
Kabul, Afghanistan
Civilian victims in Afghanistan are increasing.
2013 was the worst year ever for the Afghan population since the beginning of the war, 13 years ago.
The EMERGENCY Surgical Centres in Kabul and Lashkar-Gah, the main city in the Helmand region, admitted 4,317 patients with war wounds, around 12 war casualties per day 365 days a year, a total of 38% more than in 2012 and 60% more than in 2011.
Of these, 2,183 had bullet wounds, 1,037 had been hit by shrapnel and 613 were injured by landmines.
As usual, women and children account for more than a third of the casualties: in 2013, a total of 784 children and 668 women were admitted for medical care.
February 8th, 2014
Bangui, Central African Republic
"We've examined 130 children today in our mobile clinic, and transferred 15 of them (including 9 newborn babies) to our Pediatric Center.
After the morning examinations, 20 lorries arrived at the refugee camp packed with people escaping from the southern part of the country.
We did a quick triage on the 1000 children. One baby, born just half an hour before beginning the journey, is now with his mother in our clinic so they can rest for a while in a clean and safe place.
At Complexe Pédiatrique, the main hospital where our surgical team is, 3 children under the age of 5 came in with grenade shrapnel wounds.
The war in the Central African Republic continues, amid general indifference. We go on working."
Ombretta, EMERGENCY Program Coordinator Central African Republic
February 5th, 2014
Bangui, Central African Republic
"The reprisals are continuing in Bangui, especially in the areas of Combattant and Miskine, outside the city itself. The real fighting has moved to the northern provinces though, and that's where the new refugees are flooding in from.
They've arrived in their thousands in the camp near the airport, where we were already working, and many more have taken shelter in other garrisoned parts of the city.
We're still providing healthcare for the children in the refugee camps; they live in terrible hygiene conditions, without clean water or toilet facilities.
We're also providing the initial treatment for babies born prematurely - an everyday occurrence in the camps. We carry out a check-up and administer vitamin K and the first vaccinations, then transfer them to the public hospital.
The Paediatric Centre is working hard, with around a hundred examinations a day.
Even though the situation in the city is now calmer, the shelves of the few shops that are still open are almost empty: due to safety-related problems, supplies from Cameroon have been delayed. There's a lack of food (especially meat) and what is available has become much more expensive; in the last few days, a 50-kg bag of rice has gone from 50 to 80 thousand franks".
Ombretta, EMERGENCY Program Coordinator Central African Republic
January 31, 2014
Bangui, Central African Republic
We thought the nomination of the President and the new ministers would have brought a bit of calm to the Central African Republic, but that hasn't been the case.
Fighting is still going on in the areas near the airport: Miskine, Combattant and Avenue de France are the most dangerous neighbourhoods, along with those to the north of the city.
The streets are still unsafe, and it's getting more and more difficult for us to reach the refugee camps where we're treating children who are living in conditions of basic survival.
On Wednesday alone, the Complexe Pédiatrique treated 7 children with wounds caused by knives and grenades. One of them had a superficial bullet wound.
None of them were in serious condition, but the fact that children have to experience all this is extremely serious in itself.
Every day we see wounded, refugees, people escaping; this country has been living in fear for too long."
January 28, 2014
Bangui, Central African Republic
The nomination of the President last week seemed to have a positive effect on general safety conditions, but within the past few days, the level of violence has soared again: armed skirmishes and looting are now daily occurrences in every part of the city.
The war between armed groups has triggered outbreaks of violence even amongst civilians: there are lynchings in the streets, and cars blocked for no reason by men armed with machetes and clubs.
The people are afraid. Many are fleeing in the hope of finding refuge in the quieter provinces. We've also lost some members of our local staff, who've decided to leave the country along with their families, heading for Cameroon and Chad.
Yesterday we heard grenades and explosions close to EMERGENCY's Pediatric Center, opposite the parliament building.
So far, there've been about 20 deaths, but we don't know how many people have been wounded - none have arrived at the Complexe Pédiatrique, but perhaps they're unable to reach the hospital.
EMERGENCY continues to provide free healthcare for the children of Bangui in our Pediatric Center, opened in 2009, and with a war surgery team at the Complexe Pédiatrique. We're also working in two refugee camps near the airport and at PK13, where there are hundreds of children in need of medical care.
January 23, 2014
Bangui, Central African Republic
Today in Bangui, the Central African Republic's new president was sworn in, but the situation in the country remains very difficult, as the fighting continues.
The beds of our Pediatric Clinic and at the Complexe Pédiatrique are always full: last week 7 children arrived, who were injured by gunshots and machetes. Our team is continuing to support the surgical emergencies that come from Bangui and the surrounding area.
Yesterday Arthur returned home. He arrived at the hospital accompanied by a boy, who had found him in the street, wounded and unconscious. He recovered quickly after the operation, but could not be released as we did not know who his parents were, nor whether they were still alive.
After 15 days, a member of our national staff heard on the radio of a mother, who was looking for her missing son: the name and the description left no doubt, that it was Arthur. We contacted her, reassuring her about the condition of her son, between tears of joy and giving thanks. The family was reunited shortly afterwards.
In a country where one in five people had to flee their home, we could not help but think of how many other families are still trying to find each other.
Ombretta, EMERGENCY Program Coordinator Central African Republic
January 16, 2014
Bangui, Central African Republic
In Bangui our staff is doing everything they can. Over the past few days, the flow of patients to the Pediatric Clinic has returned to normal. People have started getting out and about again, after days of staying shut in at home and not even venturing out to the hospital because of the fighting.
We've seen a steep increase in the number of admissions: there are children needing urgent treatment for malaria, anemia and breathing infections that weren't treated during the time of the fighting. To increase the number of beds, we've started using a tent as a temporary structure where we can deal with the most serious cases.
The situation is still unpredictable: last night the fighting claimed at least 7 victims.
Ombretta, EMERGENCY Program Coordinator Central African Republic
January 12, 2014
Bangui, Central African Republic
"The situation is still extremely tense in Bangui. We haven't heard any more shooting over the past few hours, but the streets are still deserted: in this atmosphere of uncertainty, people are afraid to leave their homes and are just waiting to see what happens.
As soon as the safety conditions allowed it, we went to the camp where the refugees from Chad are waiting to be sent back to their country. There are still thousands of them, encamped in a large clearing between the unused aircraft.
When they saw us coming, the mothers and children - so many children - started queuing up to wait their turn: we're the only ones providing medical treatment here, and the need is huge".
Ombretta, EMERGENCY Program Coordinator Central African Republic
January 10, 2014
Bangui, Central African Republic
The situation in Bangui, CAR, is getting worse, "Anything can happen" says Ombretta, Program Coordinator in the Central African Republic.
Today there've been demonstrations throughout the city, along with the announcement of the resignation of the President and Prime Minister.
The airport was closed all morning as the runway was occupied by thousands of people.
Civilians are abandoning their homes in an attempt to escape the raids and violence.
EMERGENCY continues to provide free healthcare for the children of Bangui in the pediatric clinic it opened in 2009, and with a war surgery team at the Complexe Pédiatrique.
EMERGENCY is also working in one of the refugee camps that have sprung up near the airport and the PK13 area, where there are hundreds of children receiving no assistance at all.
Ombretta, EMERGENCY Program Coordinator Central African Republic
January 7, 2014
Bangui, Central African Republic
According to data from international agencies, the refugees of the war in the Central African Republic are nearly a million out of a population of 4 million and six hundred thousand people. Many have found refuge in camps around Bangui, the capital, and some - especially foreigners - are trying to leave the country.
Near the airport separated from the main camp, there is another camp of thousands of Chadian civilians awaiting repatriation. In a large dirt clearing occupied by unused airplanes, there are people camped between cartons and plastic sheeting with no water nor toilets. They have waited there for twenty days without any kind of assistance. For health care services, we are the first physicians to enter the field.
We seek shelter from the sun under the wing of a plane and begin visits. The living conditions in the camp have encouraged the spread of skin infections and outbreaks of gastroenteritis. At four o'clock, we left the field because of curfew and will be back tomorrow.
Victoria, EMERGENCY Pediatrician
January 5, 2014
Bangui, Central African Republic
Because of the insecurity of roads in Bangui, access to treatment is always very difficult. In villages around the capital, the situation is even more critical: a few tens of kilometres from the town, there are people who have been wounded in clashes in early December that have not yet seen a doctor.
This morning we were in one of the small villages along the river. A group of people had just arrived, they were sheltering in a clay house, where on a mat was lying a child who could not move the right side of his body. Not far away we visited an older boy who walked with difficulty, dragging one leg wrapped in a cloth.
Now they're both at the Complexe Pédiatrique.
The older boy has a fracture, which fortunately has not been affected by his month long wait: we clean it, and plaster it and in a few weeks we will know whether there is any permanent damage.
However, we can do little for the child: hemiplegia is caused by a sliver of grenade penetrated into the head. With a lot of physiotherapy his limb mobility could improve, but he will continue treatment when he is discharged from the hospital.
Ombretta, EMERGENCY Program Coordinator Central African Republic
December 26, 2013
Bangui, Central African Republic
Today four children arrived at the Pediatric Clinic. They were hit by shrapnel while they were on the road in a suburb north of the city.
Yesterday we received a child wounded by a bullet in another district: we brought the child into the operating room and they are now out of danger.
In the last month we have operated on more than 30 children injured by gunfire, rockets, grenades and machetes.
"When they arrive at the Complexe Pédiatrique often children no longer have parents. Nobody waits outside the operating room."
Mohsin, EMERGENCY Program Coordinator Central African Republic
December 23, 2013
Bangui, Central African Republic


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The weather improves starting Friday with highs expected to return to the 70s and remain there through the weekend.
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ADOT recommends drivers allow extra time and consider alternate routes while the following restrictions are in place:
Loop 202 (Santan Freeway) on and off-ramps at Hawes Road closed from 10 p.m. Friday to 5 a.m. Monday (April 22) for work related to State Route 24 construction. Detour: Consider using ramps at Power Road.
Northbound State Route 51 (Piestewa Freeway) closed between Glendale Avenue and Shea Boulevard 11 p.m. Friday to 7 a.m. Sunday (April 21) for installation of ramp meters and traffic-flow equipment. Northbound SR 51 on-ramp at Shea Boulevard will remain open. Detour: Traffic will go west on Glendale Avenue, north on Seventh Street and Cave Creek Road and east on Cactus Road to reconnect with SR 51.
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Grand Avenue (US 60) narrowed to one lane in both directions between 71st and 84th avenues from 10 p.m. Friday to 5 a.m. Monday (April 22) for pavement improvements. Seventy Fifth Avenue, 83rd Avenue and Peoria Avenue closed at times at Grand Avenue. Drivers can expect short delays and closures up to 20 minutes. Detour: Consider using 67th Avenue, Cotton Crossing or 91st Avenue.
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I know this is a cliche, but I'm a lawyer and this really does mean something in practice. Even a simple agreement in writing can be more protective of your rights than an oral arrangement which is often hard to prove. Also, in some instances – a grant of an interest in copyright, for example, must be in writing to be valid.
COMMANDMENT # 2. "Know your rights".
Yes the music business is complicated and it keeps getting more so, but in this day and age, information is often readily available. You can forearm yourself and with knowledge you can also assist your team. How? By being able to give informed instructions, you can save yourself money on fees. You don't need to be up on all the details – that's up your counsel and other advisers, but being able to get the big picture and give good instructions to your manager, lawyer and accountant will stand you in good stead in your career. For example, a lawyer well utilized can both make you money by negotiating better deals on your behalf and save you money by helping you avoid costly legal career pitfalls.
COMMANDMENT # 3. "You don't get what you deserve, you get what you negotiate".
Guess what? Almost everything is negotiable and is a negotiation. For example, even deciding where to go for lunch with a friend can be a negotiation. This one is a truism in law and in life. It is something that you can "take to the bank" and live by.
COMMANDMENT # 4. "Trusted advisers are worth the money."
No one can succeed wholly on their own. It takes a team. You need a team you can trust and information that you can rely on. Definitely budget and spend your money wisely, but at the end of the day, whether it be good equipment or professional advice, you get what you pay for. Pay your team what they are worth. They are worth the investment.
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A Sub $100 smartphone that offers Quad Band 3G Support and a large 4000mAh battery.
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The IUNI U2 superphone is finally here and you won't believe how much it sells. More than capable of competing with other big Names, plus the Palm Friendly design and ergonomics similar to HTC make it very appealing.
The iNew V3 Plus, comes with upgraded hardware and better camera but still maintains the ultra thin and light ergonomics and design.
The KingSing S2 budget smartphone that offers built in feature available on premium phones.
underneath the HDC Galaxy Note 4 LTE is a budget range smartphone with redeeming qualities
The Kiphone i6 Plus is another budget iPhone 6 Plus Clone that offers midrange hardware.
THL T6 Pro and Star H930, two of the cheapest Octa Core Smartphones currently available.
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Old-Fashioned Baked Custard Recipe
"You likely have all the ingredients for this delicious dessert in your kitchen right now," says Melissa Bruce of Crystal River, Florida. The old-fashioned treat has a smooth custard filling and crunchy golden top. At 12¢ a serving, it's an inexpensive as it is tasty.
- 2 cups milk
- 4 eggs
- 1/2 cup stick margarine, melted
- 1 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon McCormick® Pure Vanilla Extract
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- In a blender, combine all ingredients. Cover and process until smooth. Pour into a greased 9-in. deep-dish pie plate. Bake at 350° for 50 minutes or until a knife inserted near the center comes out clean. Cool on a wire rack for 1 hour. Refrigerate until serving. Yield: 8 servings.
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Shrine of Imam Hussain (Karbala, Iraq)
The Prophet (peace and blessings on him and his family) said: "The seeker of knowledge among ignorant people is as the living one among the dead.' (scale of wisdom – h. 4479)
The Prophet (peace and blessings upon him and his family) said: "Surely, Allah does not withdraw knowledge from the people by erasing it from their minds; rather, He does so by taking away the learned people (from among them)." (Al-Amali)
Imam Ali (AS) said, "Seeking to consult with someone is guidance in itself, and the one who suffices himself with his own opinion endangers himself" (scale of wisdom h. 3392).
Just yesterday (October 18th) Press TV had a report by Serena Shim, in which she reported that she was accused of being a spy. Today (October 19th) she was killed near the Turkey/Syria border region.
Imam Ali (AS) said, "Truthfulness saves you even though you fear it, whereas lying ruins you even though you feel safe in it." (Scale of Wisdom, h.#3465)
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Northport has no answers
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Wellpinit (16-5) can out firing on all cylinders last Saturday night in the championship game of the Panorama Tournament at Kettle Falls Middle School.
The Redskins dominated inside and outside against cold-shooting Northport (17-3), bolting to a 21-7 first quarter lead and stretching that to 43-14 at halftime.
Game, set match.
Northport managed to outscore Wellpinit 15-11 in the third quarter, but the Runnin' Redskins outscored NHS 19-5 in the fourth quarter.
Two suspects involved in significant criminal cases in Stevens County were recently found competent to stand trial by Eastern State Hospital, giving the Stevens County Prosecutor the ability to move the cases forward.
Eric L Booth, 26, is being charged with the first degree murder of Colville area man Gordon Feist. Feist, 63, was shot during a botched robbery attempt on July 17, 2011. Booth will have a status hearing on Feb. 7 in Stevens County Superior Court.
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District 7 1A field
Colville High survived the Jordan Wood show last Friday night in a District 7 1A boy's basketball tournament loser-out game, downing Riverside and their sharpshooter, 65-48.
The win earned the Indians (12-9) a District 7 1A Tournament opening date Wednesday at 3:30 p.m. at Mead High School against Highway 395 rival and Northeast A League runner-up Chewelah (15-5).
Northeast 1B District starts on Wednesday
Columbia High (20-1) easily captured the Panorama League girl's basketball tournament and top seed to this week's District 7 1B Tournament.
The Lady Lions, with only a non-league holiday tournament loss to top-ranked, two-time 2B state champion Reardan to mar an otherwise spotless record this winter, earned the top seed to the District 7 tournament with a 52-34 win over Cusick (13-7) in the Panorama title game Saturday night at Kettle Falls Middle School.
Mackenzie Parrow and Elizabeth Larrew scored 12 points apiece to lead CHS.
Indians need one win
at District to advance
Colville High (14-6) will open the District 7 1A girl's basketball tournament on Wednesday at Mead High School against No. 3 seeded Lakeside (11-10). Game time is 5 p.m.
The Indians, second-seeded into the district tournament, avoided a loser-out opening game last Saturday night by finishing second during the regular season to league champion and unbeaten defending State 1A champion Freeman (20-0).
Freeman will open the district tournament at Mead on Wednesday against Newport (15-6). Game time is 8 p.m.
Colville hosts regional
Colville High made it two District 7 1A wrestling titles in a row last Saturday at Freeman High School. The Indians, who annexed the Northeast A League dual meet championship last week, will host Saturday's regional meet.
Weigh-in is from 8 a.m. to 9 a.m., with wrestling scheduled to get started at around 9:30 a.m. Meet Director is Colville High Principal, Kevin Knight.
The regional, a first for CHS, will feature qualifying wrestlers from the Northeast A and Caribou-Trail leagues.
Chelan annexed last weekend's CTL District 6 meet.
William Leonard Hill, "Dr. Bill" to his friends, passed away at his Deep Lake home on Jan. 24, 2012. Bill was born on Jan, 3, 1948 in Gridley, California, the son of Billy and Louise (Kirkham) Hill.
At the age two, his family purchased and moved to a new ranch just north of Deep Lake.
Bill attended grade school at Leadpoint and graduated from Northport High School in 1966. Soon after high school graduation, he spent several years living and working in We¬natchee.
Linda Lou Holford, a resident of Inchelium, passed away on Feb. 2, 2012 in Spokane at the age of 63. She was born on Feb. 20, 1948 in Nespelem, the daughter of James Steven and Anna Lorene (Peone) Michel.
Everett was the son of John and Anna Marie Sells. He was born in Spokane on Jan. 7, 1932. He passed Jan. 31, 2012. He was a veteran who served in the Navy during the Korean War and was honorably discharged in December 1951.
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Do I keep this 9qt French Oven?
I got this as a gift but not sure what I'll use it for. I already have a LC Dutch oven that I use for braising.
I believe this one was coined as a risotto pot, but I'll NEVER make risotto in this thing.
Here is what I received in the 9qt size:
Anyways, does this have a place in my kitchen if I already have a dutch oven that I use frequently?
EDIT: The dutch oven I have from LC is an Oval version if that matters :) Not sure of it's size but good for braising a few pounds of meat. Oh, and I usually only cook for the 2 of us, sometimes 4 if we have people over. 9 QT seems like overkill.... but what do I know?!!
re: Chemicalkinetics
Thanks once again Chem!
You've been a big help this past week!
9 quarts seems awfully big for a small family. I could see using one at a rural hog killing or something similar but, to be honest I think that is too large for normal residential use. I have a 12 quart stock pot I use once or twice a year that now sits in a barn to be dusted off on those rare occasions I need it.
Since this was a gift, how about taking it back for a couple of smaller more useful pieces?
Well I'd keep it, but then my 7 1/4 is my most used LC. I just made a batch of chili in it with only 2 pounds of meat and the pot was full. The 9 qt would have given me a little more room when stirring.
I'd keep it, but then I own an 8.75 qt. Staub cocotte. We tend to make large batches that we can freeze and heat up another day. We also have times when the entire family is at our house and for those times the roughly 9 qt. is essential. As was mentioned by Rasputina, two lbs. of meat goes a long way. I can't tell you the number of times my wife started out with our mid sized Staub and ended up transfering the ingredients to the larger cocotte. I make a mean Italian beef stew that fills the cocotte to the rim. I guess I could cut the recipe in half, but it's great to have this larger vessel for the occasions when 5 or 6 quarts just isn't enough.
I think it's a lot easier to hang on to this one, than to justify the purchase in the future, this way you already have it when you need it, and you will be amazed at how many times you use it.
What a wonderful gift! I'd keep it too. Like Mikie said, it's easier to keep it and know you have it vs. justifying buying it yourself. Enjoy!
If it is the risotto pot It is wider than the Dutch oven. I have one and use it alot. My sister has one too and loves it. It really depends on how you cook though. Because it is wider it has a little more area if you are browning meat for a braise or something else. Liquids will also reduce a little faster.
We are both empty nesters but have family dinners with 5-30 depending on who shows up. I tend to make pots of chili, soups and stews. Also great for pot roasts and other one pot meals.
Interesting stuff. The thing is I've had it a year. It's still in the box and I know I can exchange it. I've not touched it in a year. I doubt I'll start now.
But then again, it's such a nice piece.
Was thinking of exchanging it for a couple all clad pieces I know I'll use a lot like a sauté pan and a sauce pan.
Decisions decisions....
re: Kleraudio
No use in a year? Definitely time to recycle.
Wicked big and heavy. Great stockpot, but a lighter one works just as well. Do you deep-fry on the stove-top? I might use it for a potted plant!
re: mwhitmore
Haha, that's one expensive pot!
I very rarely deep fry here. The vegetable oil makes my place stink for days and shortening, which doesn't smell at all, is just too expensive for one cook. In the few times I've deep fried, I never save the oil. It's just to extreme of a hassle to strain it multiple times so I can store it and never use it!
I think I'll recycle it and get pieces I'll actually use. I'll consider the new pieces a gift as well :)
re: Kleraudio
Because you stated it was a gift, one last caution. It was a very gererous gift, so I'd guess it's from someone that you know extremely well. Perhaps someone who might visit your home, or may be invited for dinner. Is aunt Millie likely to wonder how you like your LC Dutch oven? Would aunt Millie's feelings be hurt if you told her you returned it for different cookware? Just something you need to ask yourself.
I remember a time when my Dad bought my Mother something he thought she would really like, she took it back to the store, that was the last time he bought her a present. I never really thought he was a sensitive kind of guy, but it obviously hurt his feelings. So be careful with gifts and what you do with them.
re: mikie
<Would aunt Millie's feelings be hurt if you told her you returned it for different cookware? Just something you need to ask yourself.>
Well, maybe something to consider, but you should keep something just for the sake of keeping something.
<my Dad bought my Mother something he thought she would really like, she took it back to the store,>
He bought her a vacuum cleaner, right?
re: Chemicalkinetics
"He bought her a vacuum cleaner, right?"
Chem, if only that were the case, haha. My Mother was a collector of pewter items, he bought her a set of huricane candel lanterns. Quite an accomplishment for him actually. He would have been more inclined to buy a set of golf clubs or water skis, not that my Mother would have done either. That has probably made me more sensitive to the feelings of others when it comes to gifts.
If it were a weding gift and something from a friend of parents that you will likely never see again and definately won't have at your home, then I wouldn't have to think very long about it, but if it's a close friend or family member, then yes, I'd keep it for at least 20 years ;)
re: mikie
<I wouldn't have to think very long about it, but if it's a close friend or family member, then yes, I'd keep it for at least 20 years ;)>
I just think that a close friend or family member would be more understanding. Sometime friends and family just do not know everything about you. It just seem so wasteful to keep something just so they can visit and see it. Returning it and getting something more useful seems to make more sense to me.
Anyway, I think "husband and wife" is a bit different, especially gifts for special occasions.
re: Chemicalkinetics
Yes, husband and wife is very different. If anyone needs advice on how to make a spouse livid, I've got all the answers. And if I don't have the answer, I can ask my wife, she has some skills in that department as well. But, hay, I asked for a vacuum cleaner for my present. I even got to pick it out and order it. It was that or a flat screen TV, and what am I going to do with that?
re: mikie
<But, hay, I asked for a vacuum cleaner for my present. I even got to pick it out and order it. It was that or a flat screen TV, and what am I going to do with that?>
There is a difference between a man getting a vacuum cleaner for gift vs a woman getting a vacuum cleaner. I would love to get a Dyson vacuum cleaner for gift, or maybe one of those carpet cleaners too.
I think this is because many men see vacuum cleaners as tools and toys, while many women see the vacuum cleaners as shackles.
<It was that or a flat screen TV, and what am I going to do with that?>
You don't have a flat screen TV? Are you still using a tube TV?
re: Chemicalkinetics
Lol at vacuum cleaner!
It was a wedding gift and I'm sure my buddy would rather I get something I'll really use!
Bed bath and beyond has great CS by the way! They took it back and I told them it was a rather long time ago that I got it.
I picked up a really nice chopping block and a 3qt all clad sauté pan! Two things I'll have for a long time to come hopefully and will get much more use than the LC 9qt. I am thinking about using the rest of the credit to get another French oven but in a smaller 5qt size.
I saw another brand of Enameled CI I forgot the name now but it was 99 bucks for the 5 qt round Dutch oven..... Anyone know what I'm talking about? Comparable to LC?
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"I saw another brand of Enameled CI I forgot the name now but it was 99 bucks for the 5 qt round Dutch oven..... Anyone know what I'm talking about? Comparable to LC?"
My opinion, the only enameled cast iron that is comparable to LC is Staub (another French company). Lodge color is supposed to be fairly robust, but many of the others chip very easily. The Martha Stewart brand that Macy's carried had to be pulled from the shelves because of chipping issues. Naturally, there are always exceptions that someone will site, but if you look at the odds, they favor the two French manufacturers.
re: Kleraudio
<I saw another brand of Enameled CI >
re: Chemicalkinetics
Nah it wasn't lodge. It was made in France. I'll have to look it up when I get home.
re: Kleraudio
BBB carries Fontignac as their other ECI line. Both Fontignac and Staub are under the Zwilling umbrella. Staub probably does the manufacturing for the Fontignac brand.
I've no personal experience with Fontignac, but Staub products are excellent.
re: Kleraudio
Hmm.... let's us know the brand, maybe someone can share their opinions about this other brand.
re: Chemicalkinetics
Sorry, I wasn't clear. I edited my post to clarify 'Fontignac' brand.
My local BB&B is tiny and they don't carry either LC or Fontignac. It was just last week that I first saw a Fontignac piece in person and that was as Tuesday Morning. The piece was a huge oval. Smooth iron. Nice, even color/glaze on the outside but it didn't appear (subjective, I know) to be as thick as the Staub and certainly not as 'flashy,' but it looked good. The interior looked just like my Staub's.
The piece must have been in the 8 or 9 quart range and the price was $109. If I were in the market for something that large, I would seriously consider it.
re: Molly James
Yep that's the brand! Thanks for finding that.
Anyone have any experience with that brand?
The 5 qt Dutch oven looked really nice and only 99 bucks. I was considering a Calphalon tri ply Dutch oven for the same price.
Hi, Kleraudio:
Unless you: (a) entertain; (b) favor leftovers; or (c) don't have a stockpot, IMO 9Q is overkill cooking for 2-4.
I had one of these, hardly ever used it for anything but stock. Wahine toasted the enamel, and we tossed it. Haven't really missed it, to tell the truth. Since then, I've acquired a vintage thick copper oven of about the same capacity (for considerably less that the $350 this 9Q iron LC costs), but only really use it for entertaining--big batches of chowder, etc.
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Thanks for the reply :) Yea, I'm glad that I brought it back and BBB gave me a full store credit for it. I felt like a kid in a candy store! I got that 3Qt All Clad Saute pan and a really big and nice chopping block.
I still have some leftover and was thinking that cast iron 5qt dutch oven.... but why get an enameled cast iron over a SS dutch oven? Still not sure why one is better than the other.
And yea, even if I did favor leftovers, 9QT is WAAAYYY too much :)
I have my Calphalon Contemporary nonstick stockpot in 8QT that I use for pasta and chili. The chili barely makes it halfway up that pot and we eat for 4 days!
re: Kleraudio
<a full store credit for it. I felt like a kid in a candy store! I got that 3Qt All Clad Saute pan and a really big and nice chopping block.>
Sound good.
<I still have some leftover and was thinking that cast iron 5qt dutch oven.... but why get an enameled cast iron over a SS dutch oven?>
Yeah, that is the big question, isn't it? A nice stainless dutch oven should have no problem doing what a nice enameled cast iron dutch oven can do. The stainless steel cladded one should heat evenly just as nicely if not betrer, and it is more durable (no chipping to be concern of). I suppose the only advantage of an enameled cast iron Dutch oven is that the enameled porcelain surface is even more inert, more non-reactive than stainless steel. However, you have to be a very unique and picky person to consider "stainless steel is too reactive for me".
re: Chemicalkinetics
Not sure how "unique and picky" I am, but I do tend to store leftovers in the fridge in my enameled cast iron. I'm not entirely sure if I would feel equally as comfortable doing that with stainless steel.
re: debbypo
OT CH'ers but what are your MOST used common LC sizes in your routine.
Depends what's on hand, but I do use the 9 to make a larger batch and then freeze up another 2 dinners worth. So if it's a late night back out with the munchkins, I always have something like chili, etc that I can defrost and it's easy peasy dinner prep.
Next up, is the 6.5 qt, which get's the most use for everything else


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