Entries from September 2009

San Francisco Chronicle – Insight Letters 9/20/09

September 20th, 2009 by tom | No Comments

San Francisco Chronicle – Insight Letters 9/20/09

New threat: atmosphere of corruption in Kabul
Tamim Ansary’s conclusion that U.S. aid has failed to reach the grass roots and instead is going into the pockets of foreign contractors is a sad truth (“Finding a way out of the quagmire,” Insight, Sept. 13), but reaching the grass roots is easier said than done as [...]


Barsky Unit Update

September 3rd, 2009 by tom | No Comments

Barsky Unit Update

Thanh Nien News | Health | Plastic surgeon�s 40-year legacy lives on

The present-day National Hospital of Odonto-Stomatology in HCMC was formerly known as the Center for Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery.

Emily Barksy saw tears in the eyes of one of the nurses who met her and her father when they visited Ho Chi Minh City-based National Hospital of Odonto-Stomatology (NHO) [...]