Army medical teams have been receiving specialist training ahead of deploying to West Africa next week to help tackle the spread of Ebola. More than 100 members of 22 Field Hospital will help set up and run a 12-bed treatment unit for healthcare workers currently battling the disease in Sierra Leone. The highly specialised training, carried out at the Army Medical Services Training Centre at Strensall, near York, is designed to develop and assess the clinical and organisational procedures required. Personnel have spent days in a mock-up field hospital, treating simulated casualties to replicate the situation they expect to find when they deploy. Minister for the Armed Forces, Mark Francois, who visited the training centre, said: “The Ebola virus represents a global threat to public health and we will not stand idly by… This operation will involve a unique set of challenges but I believe that our military medics, who we are extremely proud of, have the ability to provide support to the World Health Organisation in helping to bring the outbreak under control.” Read the full story: army.mod.uk/news/26592.aspx
Posted on: Wed, 08 Oct 2014 08:35:33 +0000
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