A man and his child wait outside Naw-Abad to receive medical care May 15 during a Marine-sponsored village medical outreach
A nice story on a beautiful Saturday as Summer beckons:
NAW ABAD, Afghanistan (May 19, 2010) — Marines and medical officers from Brigade Headquarters Group and 3rd Low Altitude Air Defense Battalion, I Marine Expeditionary Force (FWD) and an Afghan national army medic from Camp Shorabak, Afghanistan, set up a village medical outreach, May 15, outside the village of Naw Abad, to provide medical care to the people of that area.
The Marines and Sailors set up a medical tent and aided over 35 men and children who traveled from their homes down to the medical site.
Lt. Cmdr. Aaron R. Huber, 3rd LAAD Bn. medical officer said his team provided excellent health care and worked to their limits.
Huber, from Southaven, Miss., also said most illnesses were acute and were treated by the medical staff.Locals were also given a short class on preventative medicine to encourage district well-being.Before the villagers left to return home, they were given hygiene items such as toothbrushes, toothpaste and lotion to take back to their families. Solar powered radios were also handed out so the villagers would be able to listen to their local radio station for information on upcoming village medial
outreaches.
The Naw Abad village men have little access to health care, but as the women very rarely leave their compounds, most of them have never seen a physician.
Navy Lt. Michelle M. Lynch, medical officer with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 261, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, took a female engagement team and traveled inside each compound to give the village women needed health care."They are kept away from mainstream culture," said Lynch. "Their needs are easily overlooked."
No doubt they are overlooked. Anyway, Good Work.
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