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Spc. Debralee P. Crankshaw
CFLCC PAO/11th PAD
CAMP ARIFJAN, Kuwait " Expeditionary Medical Facility " Kuwait changed hands of the responsibility of medical facilities Nov. 12.
EMF " Camp Pendleton Detachment took over the hospital mission from EMF " Dallas, as Navy Capt. Jack E. Riggs relinquished command to Navy Capt. Cathy Wilson.
EMF " Dallas arrived in Kuwait in February with personnel from 48 states to perform the medical mission at the level-three hospital here and nine level-one and two troop medical clinics throughout Kuwait.
"EMF " Dallas, under the helm of Capt. Jack Riggs exceeded every expectation," said Col. Thomas Bailey, 62nd Medical Brigade commander.
"The unit quickly assimilated and built upon the foundation provided by EMF " Portsmouth and established the standard for quality health care in Kuwait and Qatar," he said.
It provided outpatient services to more than 100,000 military members and performed more than 1,750 surgeries.
The hospital also expanded its surgical capabilities by implementing a laparoscopic surgery program, allowing for additional therapeutic and diagnostic procedures.
EMF " Dallas treated troops as well as U.S. Embassy personnel, Coalition Forces and third-country nationals.
More than 750 servicemembers were medically evacuated from Iraq to Kuwait to receive specialty care not available in Iraq. Of these military members, 83 percent were returned to duty after treatment.
The hospital also provided in-patient care for more than 1,000 servicemembers with an average length of stay of 2 ½ days.
The team provided services in cardiology, critical care, dental, dietary needs, general surgery, health and wellness, internal medicine, mental health, nephrology, obstetrics and gynecology, optometry, oral-maxillo-facial surgery, orthopedics, physical therapy, pulmonology and vascular surgery.
The unit also coordinated for patients to receive specialty care at several Kuwaiti hospitals.
"The credentials of EMF " Dallas" staff are impeccable," Bailey said. "Their accomplishments in providing world-class medical care to Soldiers, Sailors, Marines and Airmen are unmatched."
Rear Adm. Elizabeth M. Morris, human capital for Navy Medicine, senior health care executive associate chief, told EMF " Dallas she was impressed by their teamwork and how they took the time to mentor the incoming EMF personnel
She went on to praise the incoming staff.
"I am confident in their abilities to assume this operational medical mission in the Kuwait theater," she said.
"We are ready for this," Wilson said. "We are ready to sustain the fighting force."
| Date Taken: | 11.28.2005 |
| Date Posted: | 11.28.2005 15:54 |
| Story ID: | 3896 |
| Location: | CAMP ARIFJAN, KW |
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