Dont Wish this on your worst Enemy

Working in the medical sector has opened doors for me, some which i wish had occurred earlier in life. Others which i wish did not exist.
A couple of months i was called to the emergency room to help out a little girl who had been knocked down by a motor cycle and had a fracture of her leg. I found out the she was a refugee living on a camp with here mother. she was crossing a main road when the cycle knocked her down. A 6 year old girl (Marie) but one brave one. she was in so much pain but not crying.  The nurses in the emergency room had managed to stop the bleeding and we transferred her to her ward.  Her mother(Amy) was with her, but spoke no word of English, so i struggled to communicate with her but managed to get some assurance for her about her daughter's condition.  A medical doctor was with them from the camp, he also was a refugee fleeing the war zone accompanying them to as he was fluent in English.  After the Marie settled down the good Samaritans who were with her went back to their homes and left the mother to take care of her child.  she had to sleep next to her and wait for the orthopaedic surgeon to come and manage.  After 2 weeks in the hospital, Marie was discharged back to the camp with a plaster of paris (POP).  less than a week later i received a call that Marie was back in the hospital with another fracture (doctors did not know if it was an old one or a new one had happened).  This time it required surgery to prevent shortening of her leg.  The hospital did not charge any money for treatment during the last visit due to the refugee status, however in this instance money was required as implants were required to be inserted.  The money was obtained from the international refugee agency after about 1 month in hospital and then surgery was done.  In total Marie spent about 9 weeks in the hospital bed not mobile sometimes with a heavy load on her leg to keep it in place.  All this time her mother Amy was with her.  She had no income of her own and had to rely on the benevolence of other patients and their relatives for food.  She cried so many times watching her daughter and being helpless in a strange country with no means of support.  Her husband was in their country, he did not leave their home country.  He came to visit a couple of times, but was not having enough money to help out.  Back in their home country, he said their house and belonging had been destroyed and he was now lodging with friends near a sea port and trying best to make ends meet.  If Marie was discharged, there was no way she could return to her home country as they had nothing to go home to.  To make things more difficult, Marie had a little sister who was still in being taken care of by their dad back home.
Finally Marie was discharged back to the camp but she needs to come for review by the doctor in 2 months.  she can not go back to her home country for now with her mother Amy because she has no home to go to.  If she returns to her home country, she would need to come back to our hospital for review by her doctor in 2 months.  This would be impossible. Amy has no work and going back to the camp where food is in not adequate and life is hard there due to the lack of proper amenities would be difficult for the next 2 months.  She wishes she had some money to start a trade.  Back in her home country she traded in clothes which her husband brought from his business trips.  She still has not being able to pick up either the local language or English which makes things more difficult for her.  How is she going to survive for the next couple of months?

Have you ever being to a refugee camp? Can you imagine life in a country with strange languages, people and food. Sharing basic or unavailable amenities with strangers though your own country people and not knowing when you are going to get back to you normal life again?
This is just one story of many, it is not an easy thing to be a refugee.  Think about it, if you had to leave your home and your country at this point in time, what would you take with you? (mind you you're going to be walking till you reach some where safe)  Look around your room right now.
Living in a refugee camp is also another thing to deal with.  I met 2 medical doctors who were now refugees at the camp and it was just a sad story listening to them and their encounters during the war.  One of them initially refused to leave when the war started and was still in the hospital taking care of patients until one day he was told that the hospital was going to be attacked so he had to run away after he had sent his family away. So he joined a group of people who were walking to the border after gathering a few of is possessions and registered on the camp.  At the camp as for everyone else he was given a tent to share with 4 other strangers.  He was given some cereal, oil, blanket, soap and toilet paper and asked to get on with life. For him there was hope as in the formal sector and him having plans to get back to work he was daily visiting the internet cafe to communicate with friends and family.  I lost touch with him after 2 months of him being in the camp but I thank God that a week ago i got a call from him that he had returned to his home country and was well.  The phone line was terrible and i was busy at work so i was not able to talk for long.  But I am glad he has successfully returned to his home country safe (and sound).
War is no respecter of persons like death or refugee status.  Its a tough life to deal with and I can not tell if the parents suffer more than the children when this happens.
There are so many stories to share, and I will do so to enlighten us and anyone who decides to pick up a gun and fight against authority leaving others to suffer.
My final thoughts at this point in time is that let us not spend money jailing or placing persons who commit war offense into exile wasting the country's monies on their care.  Send them to refugee camps to live that life for the rest of their lives and believe me they could never think about committing such a crime again.  Before you go supporting any politician by picking up a gun remember that when push comes to shove, he would send his family out of his country enjoying luxuries whilst you and many other people who have supported His cause are faced with a life as a stranger in a foreign land.