Hamburg Medical Association Holds International Congress in Tunisia

DAAE-President Dr. Noureddine Bahri, DAAE-Member Dr. Martin Wurm (Emergency Hospital Hamburg Boberg), Prof. Dr. Mongi Miladi (Tunisia), Prof. Dr. Christan Jürgens (Medical Director of the Emergany Hospital Hamburg Boberg), SOTCOT-President and Congress President Prof. Dr. Adel Korbi, and Prof. Dr. Nicolas Abou Tara (Syria) at the official inauguration of the international Traumata Managing Congress in Hammamet (Tunisia). (Photo by Jutta Höflich)

The German-Arabian Medical Association DAAE, which was founded in Hamburg in 2008, held its first international congress in Hammamet (Tunisia) from December 11 to 13. Professor Dr. Christian Jürgens, Medical Director of the internationally appreciated Emergency Hospital Hamburg Boberg and Honorary President of the DAAE, as well as Professor Dr. Nicolas Abou Tara, Adviser of Hamburg's Ministry of Social and Family Affairs, Health and Consumer Protection regarding cooperation with Arabian countries, thanked the SOTCOT (Tunisian Association of Orthopedic Surgeaons and Traumatology) for the organisation of the event.

The congress was attended by international surgeons and orthopedics such as Professor Dr. Khaled M. Emara from the Ains Shams University Hospital in Cairo and Kiyoshi Hasegawa, Vice Director of the Yao Tokushukai General Hospital in Osaka. In short, the outcome of the congress was that the traumata managing in Germany was exemplary. The Tunisian and French participants gave a final speech calling for a better and more scientific training of orthopedists. Meanwhile, the German doctors were inspired by the Tunisian dissertations based on follow-up examinations. Moreover, they appreciated the opportunity for cultural exchange with their Arabian colleagues and the cultural programme organized excellently by DAAE-President Dr. Noureddine Bahri.

Coal power station in Moorburg. (Photo:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7c/Kraftwerk)

Moorburg - Power station opponents seize a tree

Opponents of the power station Moorburg want to prevent the construction of a thermal terrace by seizing a tree. With this act, they hope to wreck the whole coal power station project. Vattenfall has announced that they will cut down the trees in January, including the one that has been seized by the opponents of the plant. Critics believe the protest action may not succeed in preventing the building of the coal power plant. Yet after a long time passed without such forms of protest, seizings are apparently very timely again, judging by the example of Hamburg´s student protests.