United States Africa Command

MEDIA ROOMUnassigned

By Staff Sgt. Andrea Merritt, U.S. Army AfricaApr 27, 2015

Brig. Gen. Peter Corey (left), the deputy commanding general of U.S. Army Africa, takes a tour of the Hospital Militaire D’Instruction with Chadian Army Brig. Gen. Djetodjide Tetimian (right), the commander of the facility, April 23, 2015. While at HMI, Corey visited the labs, patient wards, and operating rooms. He also observed a surgery and checked in with the U.S. Army Soldiers participating in Medical Readiness and Training Exercise 15-3. The Soldiers have been in Chad for nearly two weeks working alongside Chadian hospital staff conducting consultations with patients, performing and assisting in surgeries, and assessing and treating trauma patients. (U.S. Army Africa photo by Staff Sgt. Andrea Merritt)

5 photos: Medical Pros Work Together in Chad (1) of (5)

Photo 1 of 5: Brig. Gen. Peter Corey (left), the deputy commanding general of U.S. Army Africa, takes a tour of the Hospital Militaire D’Instruction with Chadian Army Brig. Gen. Djetodjide Tetimian (right), the commander of the facility, April 23, 2015. While at HMI, Corey visited the labs, patient wards, and operating rooms. He also observed a surgery and checked in with the U.S. Army Soldiers participating in Medical Readiness and Training Exercise 15-3. The Soldiers have been in Chad for nearly two weeks working alongside Chadian hospital staff conducting consultations with patients, performing and assisting in surgeries, and assessing and treating trauma patients. (U.S. Army Africa photo by Staff Sgt. Andrea Merritt) Download full-resolution version

Brig. Gen. Peter Corey, the deputy commanding general of U.S. Army Africa, walks through the patients’ ward at the Hospital Militaire D’Instruction in N’Djamena, Chad, April 23. While at HMI, Corey visited the labs, patient wards, and operating rooms. He also observed a surgery and checked in with the U.S. Army Soldiers participating in Medical Readiness and Training Exercise 15-3. The Soldiers have been in Chad for nearly two weeks working alongside Chadian hospital staff conducting consultations with patients, performing and assisting in surgeries, and assessing and treating trauma patients. (U.S. Army Africa photo by Staff Sgt. Andrea Merritt)

5 photos: Medical Pros Work Together in Chad (2) of (5)

Photo 2 of 5: Brig. Gen. Peter Corey, the deputy commanding general of U.S. Army Africa, walks through the patients’ ward at the Hospital Militaire D’Instruction in N’Djamena, Chad, April 23. While at HMI, Corey visited the labs, patient wards, and operating rooms. He also observed a surgery and checked in with the U.S. Army Soldiers participating in Medical Readiness and Training Exercise 15-3. The Soldiers have been in Chad for nearly two weeks working alongside Chadian hospital staff conducting consultations with patients, performing and assisting in surgeries, and assessing and treating trauma patients. (U.S. Army Africa photo by Staff Sgt. Andrea Merritt) Download full-resolution version

$U.S. Army Reserve Maj. Joe Hollingsworth, an emergency physician with the 4005th U.S. Army Hospital, Army Reserve Medical Command, conducts a surgical consultation with a patient April 22 at the Hospital Militaire D’Instruction (Military Teaching Hospital) in N’Djamena, Chad. The patient suffered a fractured femur six months ago and it has gone untreated since. Hollingsworth advised that traction to realign the bone would be necessary before surgery could be performed. U.S. and Chadian medical teams are working together as part of a joint exercise called Medical Readiness Training Exercise 15-3 and known as MEDRETE 15-3. (U.S. Army Africa photo by Staff Sgt. Andrea Merritt)$

5 photos: Medical Pros Work Together in Chad (3) of (5)

Photo 3 of 5: U.S. Army Reserve Maj. Joe Hollingsworth, an emergency physician with the 4005th U.S. Army Hospital, Army Reserve Medical Command, conducts a surgical consultation with a patient April 22 at the Hospital Militaire D’Instruction (Military Teaching Hospital) in N’Djamena, Chad. The patient suffered a fractured femur six months ago and it has gone untreated since. Hollingsworth advised that traction to realign the bone would be necessary before surgery could be performed. U.S. and Chadian medical teams are working together as part of a joint exercise called Medical Readiness Training Exercise 15-3 and known as MEDRETE 15-3. (U.S. Army Africa photo by Staff Sgt. Andrea Merritt) Download full-resolution version

U.S. Army Reserve Maj. Joe Hollingsworth, an emergency physician with the 4005th U.S. Army Hospital, Army Reserve Medical Command, conducts a surgical consultation with a patient April 22, at the Hospital Militaire D’Instruction (Military Teaching Hospital) in N’Djamena, Chad. U.S. Army Africa announced another iteration of the recurring exercise will take place in Uganda in August 2015. (U.S. Army Africa photo by Staff Sgt. Andrea Merritt)

5 photos: Medical Pros Work Together in Chad (4) of (5)

Photo 4 of 5: U.S. Army Reserve Maj. Joe Hollingsworth, an emergency physician with the 4005th U.S. Army Hospital, Army Reserve Medical Command, conducts a surgical consultation with a patient April 22, at the Hospital Militaire D’Instruction (Military Teaching Hospital) in N’Djamena, Chad. U.S. Army Africa announced another iteration of the recurring exercise will take place in Uganda in August 2015. (U.S. Army Africa photo by Staff Sgt. Andrea Merritt) Download full-resolution version

$Chadian Army Gen. Djetodjide Tetimian, the director of the Hospital Militaire D’Instruction, performs a hemiarthroplasty procedure on a patient with a fractured hip April 22. (U.S. Army Africa photo by Staff Sgt. Andrea Merritt)$

5 photos: Medical Pros Work Together in Chad (5) of (5)

Photo 5 of 5: Chadian Army Gen. Djetodjide Tetimian, the director of the Hospital Militaire D’Instruction, performs a hemiarthroplasty procedure on a patient with a fractured hip April 22. (U.S. Army Africa photo by Staff Sgt. Andrea Merritt) Download full-resolution version