Jeff Villemarette carries needed medical supplies to the National Hospital in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, from the Transit Center at Manas. Airmen delivered medical supplies and food to two Bishkek hospitals April 15.
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MANAS, Kyrgyzstan (April 16, 2010) — Airmen delivered medical supplies and food to two Bishkek hospitals April 15, 2010, and visited with patients who were injured last week in Kyrgyzstan. This is a continuation of efforts started just a couple of days ago when 16,000lbs - approximately $82,000 worth - of supplies including bandages, sutures, antibiotics, and antiseptics, were delivered to the Transit Center at Manas from the U.S. Army Medical Material Center, Southwest Asia. A total of four hospitals were helped with these supplies.
"Last week...Kyrgyz citizens, the majority of them young people, suffered serious injuries, mostly gunshot wounds," said Col. Jerry Flyer, Deputy Director for Medical Services at the Transit Center at Manas, who is also a surgeon. "During this time, Kyrgyz surgical and medical colleagues worked heroically around the clock to operate and save hundreds. What they accomplished was nothing less than incredible considering the lack of equipment and supplies they had to work with. In donating these supplies, we are helping to replenish what they have used and provide them the means to continue ongoing care of these patients."
Good work.
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