Pakistan
18 September 2010
CJOPS Visits troops in Pakistan
The Chief of Joint Operations, Lieutenant General Mark Evans, visited Australian troops at Camp Cockatoo in the flood affected region of Kot Addu, central Pakistan today.
Lieutenant General Evans walked the grounds of Camp Cockatoo and toured the temporary Health Centre to gain an appreciation of the conditions in which his people are serving.
After meeting with the civilian and military medical specialists and other significant elements supporting Operation PAKISTAN ASSIST II, Lieutenant General Evans addressed the entire Joint Task Force.
Lieutenant General Evans was impressed with what had been achieved on the ground in the short period of time since the operation had begun. He applauded the various Government organisations of the ADF, Australian Medical Assistance Team, AusAID, and Emergency Management Australia for working together in a fully integrated manner.
The Task Force is working together to provide primary health care which is similar to a general health practice. Health care includes maternal and child’s health, a ward for day treatment, basic diagnostic services including x-ray and pathology, a pharmacy and a preventative health program.
The health centre in Kot Addu is part of the wider Australian Government package of assistance to Pakistan in the wake of the floods.
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Commander Joint Task Force 633, Major General John Cantwell, is touched by a very ill baby girl as he tours the Health Facility whilst visiting Camp Cockatoo with the Chief of Joint Operations.
(Date taken: 16 August 2010)
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Commander Joint Operations (CJOPS), Lieutenant General Mark Evans, thanks the troops at Camp Cockatoo for their outstanding work in providing vital health care to the people of Pakistan.
(Date taken: 16 August 2010)
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Commander Joint Task Force 636, Wing Commander Ross Wadsworth, shows the Commander of Joint Operations (CJOPS), Lieutenant General Mark Evans, and Group Captain Karen Leshinskas around the Camp Cockatoo medical facility.
(Date taken: 16 August 2010)
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Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) Medical Officer, Squadon Leader Simon McLaughlin, shows the Commander of Joint Operations (CJOPS) around the Camp Cockatoo Health Facility.
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Commander Joint Task Force 633, Lieutenant General John Cantwell (right), listens to Australian Medical Task Force Doctor, Mark Little (left), explain the process of assessing patients, when visiting Camp Cockatoo with the Chief of Joint Operations.
(Date taken: 16 August 2010)
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Royal Australin Air Force (RAAF) Medical Officer, Squadron Leader Simon McLaughlin (right), listens in as Australian Medical Task Force Team Leader, Doctor Ian Norton (Left), describes the medical cases seen at the Health Centre to the Commander of Joint Operations, Lieutenant General Mark Evans (second from right), and Group Captain Karen Leshinskas (second from left).
(Date taken: 16 August 2010)
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(L to R) Australian Medical Task Force Doctor, Mark Little, introduces the Commader of Joint Task Force 633, Major General John Cantwell, to Royal Australian Navy (RAN) Medical Officer, Lieutenant Joel Hissink, inside the Health Centre, whilst visiting Camp Cockatoo with the Chief of Joint Operations.
(Date taken: 16 August 2010)
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Australian Medical Task Force Team Leader, Doctor Ian Norton (left), talks to the Commander of Joint Operations, Lieutenant General Mark Evans (right), about the difficulties in treating patents at the Camp Cockatoo Health Centre as Group Captain Karen Leshinskas listens in.
(Date taken: 16 August 2010)
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