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Jul 4, 2009 - 6:56:05 PM |
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| Pfc. Kevin Williams (left), a medic with 1st Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment, conducts a medical evaluation on an Ameriyah resident June 9. Nearly 100 residents of the western Baghdad neighborhood were seen and treated by U.S. and Iraqi Army medics at the Fridas Mosque. The cooperative medical engagement was a joint effort with medics from 2nd Battalion, 1st Brigade, 6th Iraqi Army Division. Sgt. Humdi, an Iraqi medic with 2-1-6th IA works directly behind Williams. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Jack Androski, 1st Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment) |
Blackanthem Military News, BAGHDAD, Iraq — Multi-National Division – Baghdad Soldiers and Iraqi Security Forces troops conducted a cooperative medical engagement in the Ameriyah neighborhood June 9. The joint medical action was in support of residents who have recently risen up against al-Qaeda operatives in the area who have terrorized this western Baghdad neighborhood.
Nearly 100 people showed up for Saturday’s medical aid operation, which took place at the Fridas Mosque. Army medics from the 1st Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment worked side-by-side with Iraqi Army medics from 2nd Battalion, 1st Brigade, 6th Iraqi Army Division, contributing their expertise and medical supplies to treat injured and ill Ameriyans.
Medical screenings and evaluations indicated that the majority of the residents seen were suffering from skin and viral infections, however, some patients showed up with injuries due to infection from gunshot wounds sustained from violence perpetrated on residents by al-Qaeda.
A second joint medical engagement has been scheduled for later in the week, with the hopes of providing permanent medical aid throughout the neighborhood in the future.
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| Capt. Dean "Doc" Stultz of 1st Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment, treats a gunshot wound an Ameriyah resident received from an al-Qaeda terrorist attack. Stultz and his medics teamed up with Iraqi Army medics from 2nd Battalion, 1st Brigade, 6th Iraqi Army Division to see and treat nearly 100 Ameriyah residents during a medical operation at the Fridas Mosque of the western Baghdad neighborhood June 9. The day-old wound was cleaned and sutured. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Jack Androski, 1st Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment) |
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