18th August 2019
USNS Comfort Hospital Ship to visit Grenada, St. Lucia and St. Kitts and Nevis
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By US Embassy
The U.S. Navy hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) will offer free medical services in Grenada, St. Lucia and St. Kitts and Nevis from September 15-20, September 25-30 and October 5-10 respectively. The ship will conduct approximately 100 onboard surgeries, provide basic medical services at two medical walk-in sites as well as host health fairs/community outreach to address various public health topics in each of the countries it visits.
The categories of services offered at the medical walk-in sites are Adult Medical Services, Pediatric Medical Services, Dental, Optometry, Physical Therapy and Dermatology. The walk-in sites will operate from approximately 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day on a first come, first serve basis. In order to see as many patients as possible, each person will be seen by only one provider, unless that provider deems additional services are needed for the identified condition and are available at the site.
The visit of the USNS Comfort is part of the ship’s five-month deployment to Latin America and the Caribbean on a medical assistance mission. The USNS Comfort operation is part of the deepening of U.S. engagement in the region under the health pillar of the U.S.-Caribbean 2020 Strategy. This marks the seventh hospital ship deployment to the region since 2007. USNS Comfort medical teams will also provide care in Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Trinidad and Tobago, Haiti, Jamaica, and Panama during this deployment.
It stated that physicians need to send in referred patients’ lists with referral summary for surgery to Doctor Sharon Belmar George by September 6, 2019.
She can be contacted at [email protected] and [email protected].
In addition, surgeons and surgical nurses who would like to work on the hospital ship with the specialists have been invited o submit the following by August 19, 2019:Professional Diploma; Resume/CV; Active Medical Licence, Residency Training Certificate if applicable; Fellowship Training Certificate; Professional Board Certificate and Picture Identification including face page of a passport or drivers licence – in colour.
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