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NURISTAN PROVINCE, Afghanistan — The Nuristan provincial reconstruction team's medical team treated a young boy who was accidentally shot at a wedding celebration in the village of Gundalabuk Jan. 19.
A 10 year old boy was rushed to Forward Operating Base Kalagush by his mother and uncle after being shot in the chest by an AK-47 during celebratory fire at a local wedding party.
The bullet entered the boy's chest and exited through his shoulder causing a shoulder or upper arm fracture.
U.S. Navy Lt. Brian Ferguson, a physician's assistant for the Nuristan PRT, and a native of Stevensville, Md., helped treat the young boy's wound.
"The kid was lucky. The wound could have been a lot worse," Ferguson said. "The bullet missed his lungs, all major arteries and exited through the left shoulder."
The medical team treated the chest wound; splinted his shoulder, and provided antibiotics and pain medication.
The Nuristan PRT's medical team was able to stabilize the boy and evacuate him to a hospital in Asadabad for surgery.
| Date Taken: | 01.29.2010 |
| Date Posted: | 01.29.2010 18:56 |
| Story ID: | 44619 |
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