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EL COCO, El Salvador - The back-ordered shipment of medication delivered to the Medical Readiness Training Exercise in El Coco on April 19, will help staff complete their mission to provide medical care as part of this year's Beyond the Horizon exercise.
BTH is a humanitarian mission to provide civic and medical assistance to the citizens of El Salvador.
When the shipment arrived at the Centro de Ingenieros de la Fuerza Armada, the 367th Forward Support Company out of St. Joseph, Minnesota, transported the medication to the MEDRETE.
The medications had been on back-order prior to the MEDRETE opening due to lack of availability.
We placed the order before so they would get it to us, but the supplier didn't have the quantity we ordered, said Sgt. 1st Class Trini T. Ta from Garden Grove, California, noncommissioned officer in charge of the MEDRETE with the 349th Combat Support Hospital out of Bell, California.
Doctors at the MEDRETE had to suggest people return later when they ran out of popular medications before the new shipment was available.
“Kids had worms but we had no way to treat them, so we told them to come back,” said Captain Joda H. Weathers by from Anaheim, California, with the 349th CSH.
The information of medication shortages spread through word of mouth and when locals realized the MEDRETE didn't have some of the medications they're looking for, many left.
When we ran out of eye drops the line ran down until no one came in, said U.S. Army Capt. Christopher D. White, officer in charge of the MEDRETE from Los Angeles with the 349th CSH.
When the shipment arrived, with more eye drops, word of mouth prevailed to bring patients back and the MEDRETE was out of it by 11a.m.
The shipment also brought medications the MEDRETE did not have before, which led to better treatment, such as allergy medication for children, antibiotics specific for urinary tract infections and heart-burn medication.
Having the correct medication could mean the end of long-term suffering for many people here who have not had the opportunity for medical care before.
“If they take it and it works well for them, they might go to their doctors and seek out those medications,” said Lt. Col. Matthew B. Johnson from Riverton, Utah, with the 328th CSH out of Salt Lake City, Utah.
Though the MEDRETE is a temporary clinic, the medication they provide can be a longterm fix for citizens of El Salvador who have long needed the medical care the BTH exercise has provided.
| Date Taken: | 04.19.2015 |
| Date Posted: | 04.24.2015 22:25 |
| Story ID: | 161235 |
| Location: | EL COCO, SV |
| Hometown: | ANAHEIM, CA, US |
| Hometown: | GARDEN GROVE, CA, US |
| Hometown: | RIVERTON SIDING, UT, US |
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