Tryon J R
New Mexico Medical Group of Albuquerque, New Mexico 87109, USA.
Prehosp Disaster Med. 1997 Apr-Jun;12(2):167-72.
World attention has been focused on Bosnia/Hercegovina, where war erupted in 1992. The regional hospital of Mostar, an industrial city with a population of 100,000, operated with chronic shortages of medical supplies including general anesthetic agents. In February 1992, just prior to the referendum for independence in that republic, a shipment of medical supplies with anesthesics, food, and clothing was delivered safely to Ljubuski, a village near Mostar, for Mostar hospital and surrounding clinics by a small, private organization from Birmingham, Alabama. No difficulties were encountered in delivering the supplies despite warnings from the U.S. State Department, the lengthy transit from Austria through Croatia to Bosnia, an active black market, and the inexperience of the relief agency. This disaster relief effort by a small, private sponsor was representative of both the positive aspects of such a project, as well as typical negative aspects. These efforts had been discouraged in the past, but as disaster medicine matures, there may be room for such endeavors, if properly directed.
世界的目光聚焦在波斯尼亚和黑塞哥维那，1992年那里爆发了战争。莫斯塔尔是一座拥有10万人口的工业城市，其地区医院长期面临医疗用品短缺的问题，包括全身麻醉剂。1992年2月，就在该共和国举行独立公投前夕，阿拉巴马州伯明翰市的一个小型私人组织将一批装有麻醉剂、食品和衣物的医疗用品安全运抵莫斯塔尔附近的村庄柳布什基，供莫斯塔尔医院及周边诊所使用。尽管美国国务院发出了警告，尽管从奥地利经克罗地亚到波斯尼亚的运输路途漫长，尽管存在活跃的黑市，尽管救援机构缺乏经验，但在运送物资过程中并未遇到困难。一个小型私人赞助方的这次救灾行动既体现了此类项目的积极方面，也体现了典型的消极方面。过去此类努力一直不被鼓励，但随着灾难医学的成熟，如果引导得当，此类努力或许会有空间。
