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Nikos Economopoulos
1994
Rudo orthopedic clinic for war victims. Alexander, son of a Serbian...
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Nikos Economopoulos
Rudo orthopedic clinic for war victims. Alexander, son of a Serbian emigrant but grown up in France, came back to fight in Bosnia as a volunteer. He lost his leg, an eye, and his left hand is paralysed. He wears a medallion as a war trophy taken from a 14 year old Mudjahedin. He declares that he wants to go back to the war once he is capable of walking again but for the time being he is heavily addicted to amphetamines.
This rehabilitation center hosts about 200 handicapped war victims, both soldiers and civilians. Most of them are injured as result of stepping on mines. The soldiers are either Serbian volunteers who fought in Bosnia, or Bosnian Serbs who were transferred to Belgrade for treatment. They stay in Rudo for approximately 6 months, and many of them will have to learn how to function with artificial limbs. Some of the war patients also receive psychiatric help, as about 40 patients have lost all of their relatives during the war in Bosnia.
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