Doctors Treating Samoa Tsunami Survivors Say Mud Won’t Come Off

Some of the medical stories from eyewitnesses in Samoa is harrowing. Last night as doctors tended to the injured from the South Coast, I’m told that doctors were unable to remove the mud from some survivor. Why? Mud completely stuck into the wound like a tattoo they say. That forced doctors to cut out the mud with the attached skin to avoid the risk of infection. Such is the force of the tsunami. Mother Nature at her most furious.

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