The Argentine Air Force Mobile Field Hospital () 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.

Description The unit has a 64-member staff of military personnel and civilians and is made up of 14 containers Pictorial which, when fully assembled, occupy an area of 360 m2. Fourteen flights of C-130 Hercules aircraft are needed to fully deploy the hospital.

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.

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.

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 2004 : Deployment to Afghanistan aborted due Hurricane Jeanne: Deployed to Haiti instead. 2004–2017 : MINUSTAH medical facility in Haiti ( Google Maps, picture) 2010 Feb/Sep : Curicó after the Chile earthquake 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.

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 Secretary of State Hillary Clinton did the same during her visit to Buenos Aires on 1 March 2010

References La Fuerza Aérea dará apoyo sanitario en Puerto Príncipe El hospital argentino en Haití, un reflejo de los dramas cotidianos Un hospital es blanco del conflicto étnico

External links

Hospital Reubicable at defesanet.com.br