Cavalry Soldiers help keep hospital supplied

Courtesy Photo | Sgt. Corby Vinson, a resident of Cape Coral, Fla., and a member of 1st Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, attached to the 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, provided needed supplies such as antibiotics and pain medication to the Hababeyah neighborhood hospital in eastern Baghdad July 14. The Fort Hood-based unit has also helped the hospital acquire a generator, and they are working to streamline procedures for getting more medicine and equipment to the facility.  

RUSTAMIYAH, IRAQ

07.17.2007

Courtesy Story

2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division

By Staff Sgt. W. Wayne Marlow
2nd Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division Public Affairs

FORWARD OPERATING BASE RUSTAMIYAH, Iraq – Soldiers with the 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team have been working with an eastern Baghdad hospital to help keep it stocked with supplies and equipment.

Soldiers with Company D, 1st Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, based out of Fort Hood, Texas, delivered needed antibiotics and other medication to the Hababeyah neighborhood's family practice hospital July 14.

"This is one of the few medical facilities that are up and running in the Cavalry area of operations, so it was an easy decision to concentrate our time and effort on this place," said 1st Lt. Jamison Gaddy of Camden, Del., who serves as a physician's assistant for 1-8 Cavalry.

The Soldiers have also helped the hospital acquire a generator, and they are working to streamline procedures for getting more medicine and equipment to the facility.

"We provide money to the Ministry of Health so the Ministry of health can provide medical supplies to medical facilities," Gaddy said. "We're trying to make sure the facilities get what they're (supposed) to get."

According to Gaddy, the work is paying off. "I have seen differences made and there will be a lot of changes in the next three months," he said.

"We have grants in the works to provide fuel for generators, and also grants to help them hook up to the power grid," Gaddy said. "They're making a lot of progress with the facility. Within a three to four month time frame, the contractor...should be connecting the grid to the hospital."

• Date Taken: 07.17.2007
• Date Posted: 07.17.2007 14:46
• Story ID: 11322
• Location: RUSTAMIYAH, IQ