Image Gallery 2007
04 December 2007
Joint medical facility at Camp Holland
Some of the best facilities available to treat soldiers for trauma injury are co-located with the Australian Reconstruction Task Force (RTF) in southern Afghanistan.
There are two facilities that offer primary surgical capability designed specifically to stabalise wounded personnel prior to transfer to coalition facilities in Afghanistan or Germany for ongoing treatment if needed. The Dutch operate a ‘role two’ hospital with Australian help while the US has a forward surgical team. Both are staffed with experienced surgeons and facilities for trauma treatment.
Australia has deployed an ADF Reconstruction Task Force (RTF), consisting of a combined arms team, to the Uruzgan Province in southern Afghanistan as part of Operation SLIPPER. The RTF is in partnership with the Netherlands Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) and forms part of the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force.
The RTF has a clearly defined role to work on reconstruction, improvement of provincial infrastructure and community based projects. The RTF also provides trade training to the local population and military engineering training to the Afghan National Army. This type of assistance is designed to benefit the people of Uruzgan Province well into the future and form building blocks of a stable and prosperous community.
| 20071124adf8248214_001 Corporal Brett Stuart White from the 2/14th Light Horse Regiment (Queensland Mounted Infantry) takes a blood pressure reading from Private Sheila of the Royal Netherlands Army at the joint medical facility inside of Camp Holland, Tarin Kowt, Afghanistan. (Date taken: 24 November 2007) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20071124adf8248214_022 Corporal Jason Morcom from the 3rd Combat Engineer Regiment is currently deployed with the 3rd Reconstruction Task Force. Here he shares a laugh with Private Nicky Hoogendam of the Royal Netherlands Army at the joint medical facility in Camp Holland, Tarin Kowt, Afghanistan. (Date taken: 24 November 2007) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20071124adf8248214_024 Sapper Rowan Robinson of the 3rd Combat Engineer Regiment is currently deployed with the 3rd Reconstruction Task Force. Here he is treated by the Regimental Medical Officer for RTF-3, Lieutenant Colonel Susan Winter at the Joint Dutch/Australian medical facility inside Camp Holland, Tarin Kowt, Afghanistan. (Date taken: 24 November 2007) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20071124adf8248214_027 "Say Agghhh": Sapper Rowan Robinson of the 3rd Combat Engineer Regiment is currently deployed with the 3rd Reconstruction Task Force. Here he is treated by the Regimental Medical Officer for RTF-3, Lieutenant Colonel Susan Winter at the Joint Dutch/Australian medical facility inside Camp Holland, Tarin Kowt, Afghanistan. (Date taken: 24 November 2007) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20071202adf8248214_022 Medical Officer Lieutenant Colonel Susan Winter is currently deployed with the 3rd Reconstruction Task Force. Here she stands inside the resuscitation room located within the Dutch Role 2 hospital at Camp Holland, Tarin Kowt, Afghanistan. (Date taken: 24 November 2007) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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