This go to marks the third of 5 mission stops as a part of CP22 and the eleventh go to to Colombia since 2007.
“The affect Persevering with Promise 2022 has showcased to date in each Guatemala and Honduras has surpassed mission expectations,” stated Capt. Kathryn Elliott, commanding officer of Medical Coaching Facility (MTF) aboard the hospital ship USNS Consolation (T-AH 20). “From exceeding the variety of deliberate sufferers seen, to repairing essential medical gear, our group has expressed a ardour for this mission, these nations, and constructing relationships. We’re wanting ahead to persevering with this work in Colombia.”
In the course of this cease, Consolation will present medical providers at two completely different medical websites, one at Coliseo de Deportes and the opposite at Institucion Antonia Santos. Dental, optometry, grownup care, pediatric care, ladies’s well being and numerous ancillary assist providers will likely be out there at these two websites. Moreover, surgical procedures will likely be happening aboard the ship.
The Consolation will even be supporting via Humanitarian Help Catastrophe Reduction (HADR) coaching and demonstrations, Ladies, Peace and Safety (WPS) seminars with the host nation, veterinary material professional exchanges, in addition to group relations tasks to incorporate musical performances, ship excursions, and the refurbishing of Tierra Bomba faculty.
The Persevering with Promise 2022 Group in Colombia will embrace U.S. and accomplice nation medical and veterinary personnel, in addition to the U.S. Nationwide Guard personnel from South Carolina, Colombia’s State Partnership Program (SPP) accomplice. Medical personnel from Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Honduras, the Netherlands and United Kingdom will even be part of the group at this mission cease.
Since its inaugural mission in 2007, Persevering with Promise missions have handled greater than 582,000 sufferers and performed over 7,000 surgical procedures within the area. Consolation’s present mission would be the twelfth Persevering with Promise mission performed within the Caribbean, Central and South America.
Consolation can also be scheduled to go to Dominican Republic and Haiti throughout CP22.
U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command/U.S. 4th Fleet helps U.S. Southern Command’s joint and mixed army operations by using maritime forces in cooperative maritime safety operations to take care of entry, improve interoperability, and construct enduring partnerships with a purpose to improve regional safety and promote peace, stability and prosperity within the Caribbean, Central and South American area.
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