NAVHOSP Great Lakes Personnel to Support Hurricane Relief Effort
Navy NewsStand
Story Number: NNS050905-03
Release Date: 9/5/2005 5:23:00 PM
From Naval Hospital Great Lakes Public Affairs
GREAT LAKES, Ill. (NNS) -- Naval Hospital (NH) Great Lakes activated a 13-person active-duty medical team Sept. 3, 2005.
The team will be directed to Naval Station Mayport, Fla., where they will serve aboard the hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) in support of Hurricane Katrina disaster relief efforts.
The medical team includes five registered nurses, two laboratory technicians, one respiratory technician and 5 general-duty Hospital Corpsmen.
In addition to providing support to Comfort, the NH Great Lakes hurricane support effort also includes a psychiatrist on orders to NH Jacksonville Fla., and a preventive medicine physician.
The exact duration of these deployments is not known at this point.
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