Medical Sites in Ecuador Treat Patients as a Part of the Enduring Promise Initiative [Image 13 of 16]

ESMERALDAS, ECUADOR

10.24.2018

Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Benjamin Liston 

Navy Public Affairs Support Element East - (Active)

181024-N-DH811-1009 ESMERALDAS, Ecuador (Oct. 24, 2018) – Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Brian Gomez, from Houston, prepares to check a patient’s eyesight at one of two medical sites. The hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) is on an 11-week medical support mission to Central and South America as part of U.S. Southern Command’s Enduring Promise initiative. Working with health and government partners in Ecuador, Peru, Colombia and Honduras, the embarked medical team will provide care on board and at land-based medical sites, helping to relieve pressure on national medical systems caused partly by an increase in cross-border migrants. The deployment reflects the United States’ enduring promise of friendship, partnership and solidarity with the Americas. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Benjamin T. Liston/Released)

• Date Taken: 10.24.2018
• Date Posted: 10.26.2018 05:55
• Photo ID: 4846020
• VIRIN: 181024-N-DH811-1009
• Resolution: 5568x3712
• Size: 8.66 MB
• Location: ESMERALDAS, EC
• Hometown: HOUSTON, TX, US