Image Gallery 2009
06 July 2009
Medical Clinic
MEDICAL help provided by Australian Soldiers to remote villages in the Solomon Islands is saving the lives of young children on a weekly basis.
Left untreated in the tropical climate of Solomon Islands, minor infections can sometimes have life threatening complications. The Australian Army reservist medics that assist in local clinics are helping to dramatically improve the quality of – and in some cases even save – the lives of young people living in isolated jungle villages.
Organising these local clinics is the Australian Army’s Civil Military Liaison (CML) team, which forms an important part of Operation ANODE.
Operation ANODE is the name of the ADF contribution to the Australian-led Regional Assistance Mission to Solomon Islands (RAMSI). RAMSI's assistance is known as Operation HELPEM FREN (Pidgin English for 'Helping Friend'). RAMSI's mission is to assist the Solomon Islands Government in restoring law and order, economic governance, and improving the machinery of government.
CML tasks are vital to RAMSI’s mission, and typically involve ADF personnel dealing directly with members of the local population to find ways to assist them through various community projects.
Rotation 18 of Operation ANODE is mainly drawn from 4 Brigade in Victoria. They arrived in Solomon Islands in March 2009 shortly after assisting in Operation Vic Fires Assist.
The military component of RAMSI is comprised of personnel from four troop-contributing nations - Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea and Tonga. The main task for the military component is to provide security for RAMSI's multinational Participating Police Force (PPF) who work alongside the Royal Solomon Islands Police in maintaining law and order.
| 20090703adf8208022_003 Army medics, Private George Sukiyasyan, Bombardier Mark Lennox and Corporal Katie Seabrook attend to locals at the remote village of Gifu during a regular medical clinic run by the Regional Assistance Mission to Solomon islands (RAMSI). (Date taken: 03 July 2009) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20090703adf8208022_008 Healthy is happy: Girls wait in line at a medical clinic run by the Regional Assistance Mission to Solomon Islands at Gifu. (Date taken: 03 July 2009) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20090703adf8208022_010 Caring for the community: Private Katie Seabrook looks after a young girl at the remote village of Gifu. (Date taken: 03 July 2009) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20090703adf8208022_014 Palm reading: Army medic, Private George Sukiyasyan attends to a villager during a medical clinic at the remote village of Gifu. (Date taken: 03 July 2009) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20090703adf8208022_017 Private George Sukiyasyan cleans the wound on a child during a medical clinic at the remote village of Gifu. (Date taken: 03 July 2009) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20090703adf8208022_022 Army medic, Private George Sukiyasyan fills out a medical record at the remote village of Gifu. (Date taken: 03 July 2009) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20090703adf8208022_027 Theatre of operations: Army medics, Corporal Karen Creelman (left), Private Katie Seabrook and civillian Australian medical staff, prepare a to operate on a young girl in a makeshift operating room at the Solomon Islands jungle village of Gifu. (Date taken: 03 July 2009) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20090703adf8208022_028 Military Camera Team members, Sergeant Rob Nyffenegger and Lieutenant Aaron Oldaker (top left), document the lifesaving work of Australian personnel in a makeshift operating room in the remote village of Gifu. (Date taken: 03 July 2009) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20090703adf8208022_031 Army medic, Private George Sukiyasyan treats a boy during a medical clinic held at the remote village of Gifu. (Date taken: 03 July 2009) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20090703adf8208022_034 Australian Army Medic Corporal Karen Creelman attends to the medical needs of a young girl at the remote village of Gifu. (Date taken: 03 July 2009) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20090703adf8208022_045 Baby steps: Private George Sukiyasyan examines the foot of a small child during a medical clinic at the remote village of Gifu. (Date taken: 03 July 2009) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20090703adf8208022_054 Private George Sukiyasyan cleans a small child's wound during a medical clinic at the remote village of Gifu. (Date taken: 03 July 2009) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20090703adf8208022_059 Army medic, Private George Sukiyasyan instructs a child's mother on the care of a wound during a medical clinic at the remote village of Gifu. (Date taken: 03 July 2009) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20090703adf8208022_066 Private George Sukiyasyan gives medicine to a mother for the care of her child during a medical clinic at the remote village of Gifu. (Date taken: 03 July 2009) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20090703adf8208022_072 Tough love: Army medic, Corporal Karen Creelman applies ointment to a young girl with a severe case of scabies during a clinic at the remote village of Gifu. (Date taken: 03 July 2009) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20090703adf8208022_081 Better now: Army medic, Corporal Karen Creelman finishes off the application of a scabies treatment for a young girl at the remote village of Gifu. (Date taken: 03 July 2009) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20090703adf8208022_094 The first cut is the deepest: Army medic Private Katie Seabrook prepares to lance an abcess on a young girl in a makeshift operating room, in the Solomon Islands jungle village of Gifu, while Medic Corporal Karen Creelman looks on. (Date taken: 03 July 2009) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20090703adf8208022_097 Cleaning the wound: Army Medic Private Katie Seabrook cleans an abcess on a young girl in a makeshift operating room at the remote village of Gifu during a regular medical clinic. (Date taken: 03 July 2009) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20090703adf8208022_103 Hands of healing: Army medic, Private Katie Seabrook finishes cleaning an abcess on young girl at the remote village of Gifu during a medical clinic held by the Regional Assistance Mission to Solomon Islands (RAMSI). (Date taken: 03 July 2009) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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