Operation PADANG ASSIST
15 October 2009
Padang Assist Primary Health Care Facility
An ADF medical facility has been established in Sungai Geringging village, 75 kilometres northwest of Padang, on request of the Indonesian authorities, to provide health support in the outlying region. The facility can provide general and emergency health care and environmental health support from a team consisting of doctors, nurses and environmental health officers from the 1st Health Support Battalion.
Operation Padang Assist commenced on 02 Oct 09 after the Indonesian Government accepted an offer of emergency assistance from Australia following two large earthquakes near the Indonesian Island of Sumatra. The ADF Joint Task Force 629 (JTF629) was established, and is working closely with Indonesian authorities, the Department of Foreign Affairs, AusAID and other agencies, to ensure the emergency relief support is delivered to where it is needed most.
| 20091013adf8208022_037 'Say ahhh'; Captain Bradley Holls has a look inside a young locals mouth at the Australian Defence Force Primary Health Care Facility in Sungai Gerringging. (Date taken: 13 October 2009) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20091013adf8208022_185 An Australian Army medic removes the dressing from a young girl's arm for follow up treatment in the Australian Defence Force Primary Health Care Facility in Sungai Gerringging. (Date taken: 13 October 2009) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20091013adf8208022_208 Captain Bradley Holls comforts a young girl in the Primary Health Care Facility located in the village of Sungai Gerringging. (Date taken: 13 October 2009) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20091013adf8208022_223 Australian Army specialist doctor, Lieutenant Colonel David Ward, gives medical advice to a local in the Australian Defence Force Primary Health Care Facility in Sungai Gerringging. (Date taken: 13 October 2009) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20091013adf8208022_231 Australian Army Nurse, Captain Jane Currie, checks the vital signs of an elderly local at the Australian Defence Force Primary Health Care Facility located in the village of Sungai Gerringging. (Date taken: 13 October 2009) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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