Argentine Air Force Mobile Field Hospital
Hospital in Argentina
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The Argentine Air Force Mobile Field Hospital (Spanish: Hospital Reubicable de la Fuerza Aérea) is a field hospital operated by the Argentine Air Force. Established on August 21, 1981, it is one of three health centres of its kind worldwide.[1]
| Argentine Air Force Mobile Field Hospital | |
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| Geography | |
| Location | Government of Argentina,  Argentina |
| Coordinates | 18.57844°N 72.27593°W |
| History | |
| Founded | August 21, 1981 |
| Links | |
| Website | argentina.gob.ar/hospitalreubicable |
Description
The unit has a 64-member staff of military personnel and civilians and is made up of 14 containers Pictorial[permanent dead link] which, when fully assembled, occupy an area of 360 m2. Fourteen flights of C-130 Hercules aircraft are needed to fully deploy the hospital.[2]
Among the services provided by the hospital are general clinic, surgery, dentistry, pharmacy, etc. The hospital has its own laboratory, water purification plant and power generation engine.[2]
Thanks to its isolation, the construction can withstand temperatures from -15 to 40 degrees Celsius, and can endure harsh tremors as demonstrated when it remained operational after the earthquake of January 2010 in Haiti.[1]
Deployments
- 1981 : San Luis Province
- 1982 : Comodoro Rivadavia during the Falklands War
- 1983 : Chaco and Formosa provinces
- 1984-1986 : Buenos Aires province
- 1993-1995 : Mozambique under United Nations mandate
- 2000-2003 : Kosovo Force (KFOR) under NATO mandate [3][4][5]
- 2004 : Deployment to Afghanistan aborted due Hurricane Jeanne: Deployed to Haiti instead.
- 2004–2017 : MINUSTAH medical facility in Haiti ( Google Maps, picture[permanent dead link])
- 2010 Feb/Sep : Curicó after the Chile earthquake[6] video Chile
2010 Haiti earthquake
On January 12, 2010 while deployed at Port-au-Prince, serving as a medical facility for MINUSTAH troops, the hospital was the only one still open following the earthquake, and treated nearly 1,000 people on the first night.[7][8]
U.S. presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton congratulated Argentina for the quick response of the hospital in the first critical hours after the earthquake [9] Secretary of State Hillary Clinton did the same during her visit to Buenos Aires on 1 March 2010 [10]
