SgtJim
04-28-2011, 12:00 PM
Provincial Reconstruction Team Zabul
Story and photos by Staff Sgt. Brian Ferguson
all pohotos are hi-res, and got desctriptions
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QALAT, Afghanistan - A bus heading south toward Kandahar on Highway 1 rolled over, April 28, killing seven and injuring more than 40 of its 78 civilian passengers.
According to reports from hospital staff, the accident occurred when one of the tires blew out just south of Qalat city in Zabul province, Afghanistan. The injured were transported to Zabul Provincial Hospital in Qalat for medical care.
Members of Provincial Reconstruction Team Zabul were notified of the accident when doctors from the hospital, just one block away from Forward Operating Base Smart, came to the gate. Doctors and security personnel from the PRT responded to the hospital.
“The medical staff here arrived at the hospital at 9:45 A.M. and began to coordinate with our afghan counterparts to triage and determine which patients needed a higher level of medical care,” said Maj. (Dr.) Shane McCauley, PRT Zabul, senior medical officer.
Eleven patients were medically evacuated to Forward Operating Base Lagman by UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters from FOB Smart.
“Our entire PRT had a huge role in assisting with the care and transportation of the patients,” said Dr. McCauley.
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Story and photos by Staff Sgt. Brian Ferguson
all pohotos are hi-res, and got desctriptions
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10557
QALAT, Afghanistan - A bus heading south toward Kandahar on Highway 1 rolled over, April 28, killing seven and injuring more than 40 of its 78 civilian passengers.
According to reports from hospital staff, the accident occurred when one of the tires blew out just south of Qalat city in Zabul province, Afghanistan. The injured were transported to Zabul Provincial Hospital in Qalat for medical care.
Members of Provincial Reconstruction Team Zabul were notified of the accident when doctors from the hospital, just one block away from Forward Operating Base Smart, came to the gate. Doctors and security personnel from the PRT responded to the hospital.
“The medical staff here arrived at the hospital at 9:45 A.M. and began to coordinate with our afghan counterparts to triage and determine which patients needed a higher level of medical care,” said Maj. (Dr.) Shane McCauley, PRT Zabul, senior medical officer.
Eleven patients were medically evacuated to Forward Operating Base Lagman by UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters from FOB Smart.
“Our entire PRT had a huge role in assisting with the care and transportation of the patients,” said Dr. McCauley.
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