Friday, September 16, 2011

** US military medic from Minnesota identified as casualty in Sunday’s Afghanistan terrorist attack

** Ontario medic appears in court on charges of sexually assaulting patient;vehemently denies allegations

UNITED STATES NEWS

** A US combat medic from Park Rapids, Minnesota has been identified as one of the casualties of Sunday’s terrorist attack in eastern Afghanistan. The Park Rapids Enterprise (Sarah Smith/September 13) said Andy Boos, 20, was injured when the building he was in came down. According to the newspaper, Boos suffered a broken pelvis and tailbone, as well as a lacerated spleen in the incident. He also sustained shrapnel wounds. Expected to be transported for treatment to Germany, Boos was pulled from the rubble by his CO. Two Afghan civilians died in the attack and 80 US servicemen were wounded.

CANADA NEWS

** A Renfrew County, Ontario paramedic has denied in court that he had sexually assaulted a female patient while in the ambulance last year. That is the word from the Ottawa Citizen (Andrew Seymour/September 15) which quoted Shawn Doyle as saying the incident, which allegedly involved fondling the woman’s breasts under her shirt, never happened. According to the newspaper, Doyle said he did not touch the patient’s torso at all except during an abdominal examination. Playing out on April 20, 2010, EMS was hailed to treat the mid-30s aged patient after she collapsed, then complained of suffering a severe headache. Although admitting she could not open her eyes, she told the court she was aware of everything going on around her. Along with claiming Doyle assaulted her, the woman also said he had administered medication to her and placed her in the ambulance feet first. Doyle denied all the allegations.