Operation
CTG
7.3
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c. Medical
(1) Facdlities
(a)
Medical facilities afloat are those organic to assigned ships.
(b)
Medical facilities ashore are provided at ENIWETOK by CTG 7.2,
(c)
In case redicel erergencies oceur where proper nedical
Ships shall be prepared to provide treatment and hospitalization for other elcrents of Task Force.
and at KWAJALEIN by C. 0., NavSta, Kilad,
facilities arc not availablo, such cases should be transferred tc the nearest
adequate redjcal facility by the most expeditious means possible.
(2)
Evacuation of Paticonts
{a) Although medical facilities afloat and at ENIWETOK and
KWAJALEIN aro sufficiont to take care of tuo norml neods of CTG 7,3, in caso
of a major catastrophe, serious epidenic, or other occasion where evacuation
is indicated, air evacmtion will bo coordinated by CJTF SEVEN fron ENIWETCK
to KWAJALEIN and onward to QiHU for hospitalization at Tripler Army Hospital.
Tho facilities of flect aircraft and MATS will be mde available for air
evacuation lift.
(b) Personnel, who in the opinion of appropriate redical
authoritics cannot be returned to duty within fiftcen (15) days, normlly
shall be transferred to the Army Hospital, ENIWETOK, where they will be held
and treated until air evacuation his been arranged by CTG 7.2. Military and
civil service personnel will be evacuated to the Tripler Army Hospital, QsHU,
T. He All others will be evacuated to civilisn hospitals on QiHU, T. H.
(3) Preventive
(a)
All units assigned to TG 7.3 shall institute a continuing
progran to control cutbroak of discase, to inprove sanitation, and to control
insects and rodents in accordance with Chapter 22, Bulfod Manual,
(4) Burials
(a) BuMed Manual, Chapter 17, contains current directives
relative to burials and the tronspertation of rerains where death occurs
outside the Continental United States.
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