New Aid Station Increases Quality Care

Defend America News ^ | Pfc. Melissa M. Escobar

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U.S. Army Maj. Gordon Crawford of Headquarters Company, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, gets his ear irrigated by Army Sgt. Heather M. Cusson of C Company, 710th, Brigade Support Battalion. U.S. Army photo by Army Pfc. Melissa M. Escobar
New Aid Station Increases Quality Care
Facility offers X-rays, dental care, physical therapy.
By Army Pfc. Melissa M. Escobar 22nd Mobile Public Affairs Detachment BAGRAM AIRFIELD, Afghanistan, March 15, 2007 -- With the expansion of Jalalabad Airfield under way to support the growing numbers of troops coming into the expanding northeastern battle space of Task Force Spartan, the demand for a better-equipped aid station became apparent. The medical team of C Company, 710th Brigade Support Battalion, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, moved into a new building, March 5. Unlike the previous facility, located in a single “B-hut,” the new building offers X-rays, dental care, physical therapy, a laboratory and a pharmacy. With the aid station now up and running, the number of patients benefiting from the better-quality health care is increasing, said Army Sgt. Amanda Marion, a medical specialist technician from Burlington, Mass., serving with C, 710th Brigade Support Battalion.	“With every new patient that comes in, it makes me feel good to see that the soldiers trust us more and more,” said Marion. As the clinic becomes more established, Marion expects to see every new department in the station used, proving the better-quality health care medical personnel can now provide. With more diagnostic procedures and more definitive care available, fewer patients will need to travel to Bagram Airfield for procedures now available in the aid station. Army 1st Sgt. Danny Darroch said he is expecting a forward surgical team to arrive some time in May, giving the aid station the ability to conduct surgeries, limiting even more the number of patients sent to Bagram. “Soldiers can stay closer to the frontline and get back to the frontline faster, thus conserving the fighting strength,” said Darroch, a native of Dodge City, Kan.

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