Army Reserve Soldiers Provide Medical Care to Thousands of Ugandans [Image 2 of 48]

KITGUM, UGANDA

10.20.2009

Photo by Maj. Corey Schultz 

U.S. Army Reserve Command

Lt. Col. Ronald Januchoski, a doctor and commander of the 7225th Medical Support Unit out of Greenville, S.C., diagnoses a Ugandan man with pleurisy and counsels him on a treatment plan. Januchoski, an Army Reserve Soldier since 1984, stated that treating Ugandan patients was "an opportunity to learn and grow as a physician." As part of a U.S. Army Africa exercise, Natural Fire 10, U.S. Army Reserve Soldiers from the 7225th Medical Support Unit, Greenville, S.C., and the 629th Forward Surgical Team of Columbus, Ohio, worked side-by-side with Ugandan and Tanzanian providers as well as U.S. Navy dentists to treat over 700 local residents per day, extracting teeth, providing medications for malaria, parasites and skin infections, and even issuing eyeglasses.

• Date Taken: 10.20.2009
• Date Posted: 10.25.2009 10:04
• Photo ID: 216796
• VIRIN: 091020-A-2518S-114
• Resolution: 2271x1800
• Size: 399.63 KB
• Location: KITGUM, UG