CAMP HUMPHREYS, South Korea--The Camp Humphreys Hospital and Ambulatory Care Center was officially handed over to U.S. Forces-Korea during a ceremony, July 24.
Following remarks from senior leaders involved with the construction and future administration of the new hospital facility, U.S. Army and Republic of Korea Army representatives signed acceptance and release letters.
David Fortune, deputy regional program manager with the U.S. Army Health Facility Planning Agency for the Pacific Region, said the transfer was a major milestone on the road to a state-of-the-art facility for Department of Defense personnel on the Korean peninsula.
Fortune said the South Korean government has completed their role in supervising and funding the construction of the facility, and that the ceremony recognizes that milestone.
“It also symbolizes our willingness to accept their gift of this facility that they’ve done under the Yongsan Relocation Program,” Fortune said.
U.S. Army Garrison Humphreys accepted the facility from the South Korean government and is set to transfer the hospital to the 65th Medical Brigade in the coming weeks. The facility, which will be known as the Brian D. Allgood Army Community Hospital, should open for inpatient care, Nov. 15.
The hospital will feature an emergency room, a women’s infant care unit and operation rooms with robotic surgical units. These amenities and departments were formerly offered only at other bases and posts in the region.
“This facility will be complementary to an increased accompaniment rate by soldiers that are coming over here to Korea,” Fortune said. “They will find the same healthcare that they would find in a similar CONUS (continental United States) base assignment.”
Army Col. Derek Cooper, the 65th Medical Brigade commander, said that the facility will allow the medical community to enhance the quality of life for those serving in South Korea.
The expected beneficiary population of the new facility is 65,000, according to hospital administrators.
“It really is an incredible facility,” Cooper said. “It brings us up to a standard and a quality matched to the level which we see in the world-class facilities that we have in the United States.”
| Date Taken: | 07.24.2019 |
| Date Posted: | 07.25.2019 01:48 |
| Story ID: | 332930 |
| Location: | PYEONGTAEK, 41, KR |
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