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Guardsmen help girl.(Basira Jan)
Basira Jan is a little six-year-old girl from Afghanistan. Before last spring, she did not seem to be the picture of good health--she was very frail and weighed barely 35 pounds. Basira tired easily, and whenever she exerted herself, her skin took on a bluish tone.
Basira's father, Ghulam Ghaus, took his daughter to Camp Phoenix, the base where U.S. soldiers train Afghan army troops, to see if anything could be done to improve her health. The little girl was initially examined by Captain Michael Roscoe, a physician's assistant with the Indiana National Guard. Further examinations confirmed that Basira suffered from a congenital heart defect that prevented enough oxygen from reaching her body's tissues.
Captain Roscoe promised himself he would find help for the girl. "I wanted to make a difference, to make a little piece of the world better because we were there," Roscoe was quoted by AP as saying.
As with similar cases involving U.S. military personnel helping overseas children in need of medical care, the process that began with Captain Roscoe's concern for little Basira became quite involved. Permission had to be secured from various military and State Department offices, and doctors and hospitals had to be found who were willing to provide medical treatment free of charge.
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Source: HighBeam Research, Guardsmen help girl.(Basira Jan)