Comfort Treats Thousands During Four-day Visit to Panama
Navy NewsStand
Story Number: NNS070711-04
Release Date: 7/11/2007 3:33:00 PM
By Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Joshua Karsten, USNS Comfort Public Affairs
COLON, Panama (NNS) -- Collectively, personnel from the U.S. Navy, Air Force, Army, Coast Guard and Public Health Service, along with Project Hope volunteers, Canadian Forces doctors and medical personnel from USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) treated nearly 5,000 patients during a four-day site visit at the Al Brown Arena in Colon.
“We were offering pediatric medicine, adult medicine, dentistry, and optometry,” said Lt. Johnny Ramos, site leader for the event. “We also had physical therapy for two days and a pharmacist on board dispensing medications.”
Patients lined the streets July 5 through 9 to receive the medical support and assistance provided by the Comfort team.
“The reception was great. It’s been overwhelmingly positive,” Ramos said. “They were glad to see us here and we were glad to be there.”
In addition, Comfort personnel treated approximately 20,000 patients at Juan Antonio Nunez Policentro and Amador Guerrero Hospital, for an overall total of nearly 25,000 patients.
Comfort is on a four-month humanitarian deployment to Latin America and the Caribbean providing medical treatment to patients in a dozen countries.
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