UN chief says situation in Gaza 'appalling and apocalyptic'
www.newarab.com
Antonio Guterres said that Gaza now has "the highest number of children amputees per capita anywhere in the world".
  • peopleproblems@lemmy.worldEnglish
    51·
    20 days ago

    Well, think of all the new test patients for prosthetic design and human regeneration medicine!

    I’m so sorry, it was in my head and it was one of those things that if I didn’t say I was going to explode. I am going to hell and deserve any down votes i receive.

    • catloaf@lemm.eeEnglish
      61·
      20 days ago

      It’s a morbid way of looking at it, but you’re not wrong. War has always been a big driver of medicine.

      • peopleproblems@lemmy.worldEnglish
        41·
        20 days ago

        There’s a lot of caveats to that. It’s almost never civilian related casualties, stabilizing traumatic injury, and increasing combatant effective hours. A soldier missing a limb can’t fight anymore, no DoD funds for him, unless troop counts are predicted to fall below sustainable amounts and you desperately need a way to keep troops effective.

        • Paragone@lemmy.worldEnglish
          2·
          19 days ago

          I disagree with the “it’s almost never civilian related casualties” bit, simply because of all the mine-created amputees, throughout the world.

          That MUST drive some medical-innovation, even if it isn’t flashy.

          ( it is really sad to be arguing this, btw.

          Humankind ought get a life. )

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