PRT medic provides health care for Afghan women and kids

Written by U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. April Quintanilla, RC-East PAO Thursday, 29 March 2012

GHAZNI PROVINCE, Afghanistan -- U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Melissa Goldstein, a hospital corpsman, stands at the entrance of the entry control point with a volunteer-local Afghan doctor to provide care to local Afghan women and children at a designated clinic on Forward Operating Base Ghazni March 10. The U.S. and Polish military members of FOB Ghazni provide care to local Afghans seeking medical attention. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. April Quintanilla, Ghazni Provincial Reconstruction Team Public Affairs)

GHAZNI PROVINCE, Afghanistan -- U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Melissa Goldstein, a hospital corpsman, walks with Afghan women that came to Forward Operating Base Ghazni in need of medical care March 10. A medical clinic was established on FOB Ghazni to provide care solely to Afghans in the local area that need medical assistance. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. April Quintanilla, Ghazni Provincial Reconstruction Team Public Affairs)

GHAZNI PROVINCE, Afghanistan – An Afghan boy waits patiently with his mother for his turn to be seen by the doctor at the local clinic on Forward Operating Base Ghazni March 10. A medical clinic was established on FOB Ghazni to provide care solely to Afghans in the local area that need medical assistance. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. April Quintanilla, Ghazni Provincial Reconstruction Team Public Affairs)

GHAZNI PROVINCE, Afghanistan – Afghan women reach for a number tile being handed out by the doctor at Forward Operating Base Ghazni March 8. More than 100 Afghan women and children came to FOB Ghazni’s clinic for medical attention and the number tiles keep order in the large crowd. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. April Quintanilla, Ghazni Provincial Reconstruction Team Public Affairs)

 

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