SAF team providing dental services returns
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Channel NewsAsia - 1 hour 16 minutes ago
SAF team providing dental services returns from Afghanistan
SINGAPORE: A five-men medical team from the Singapore Armed Forces has returned home after a humanitarian dental project in Afghanistan.
Lieutenant Colonel (LTC) Lee Kuan Chung and his team were deployed to the Bamiyan Province in May this year as part of the New Zealand Defence Force Provincial Reconstruction Team.
While they were there, they helped to set up the province's first dental clinic at Bamiyan Hospital.
They also conducted a dental assistance course and provided on-the-job training for the Afghan staff who are running the clinic.
Together with their Afghan counterparts, the SAF team provided dental care and services to more than 900 patients over eight weeks.
The SAF has also deployed another five-men engineering team to Afghanistan in late July.
The team is led by LTC Ong Chia Chong to help in bridge construction and repair projects in the central Bamiyan.
They are expected to return on 31 October. - CNA/so -
great work!
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Thats great! 900 patients in eight weeks... that's more than a 100 a week!
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Thank God they're safe.
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What can, or will, Singapore do, if these guys were kidnapped ?
Is there insurance cover for such missions ? -
quite unlikely ba.... all maj n above de lehz....
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which insurance company want to insure personnel being posted to hostile area?Originally posted by KoolKool:What can, or will, Singapore do, if these guys were kidnapped ?
Is there insurance cover for such missions ? -
so fast I thought it will be another 2 months? u sure the people they trainned can walk on their own already? Any follow up visit ?