CENTAF SITREP 22

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	6.  (U)  MEDICAL
            A.  (U) SQUADRON MEDICAL ELEMENTS (SME):  NO CHANGE
            B.  AIR TRANSPORTABLE HOSPITALS (ATH):   325 TAC HOSP/JEDDAH NEW
            REACHED IOC WITH 14 BEDS AND 1 OR AT 291500Z AUG 90.  UNIT EXPECTS TO
            REACH 25 OPERATIONAL BEDS TODAY AND TO BE FULLY OPERATIONAL WITH 50
            BEDS IN NEXT 36 HOURS.

            C.  MEDICAL LOGISTICS: MEDICIAL RESUPPLY SYSTEM IS OPERATIONAL.
            REPLENISHMENT ATROPINE KITS FOR ALL USAF PERSONNEL ARE ON ORDER AND
            DUE IN SHORTLY.   DPSC HAS ANTICIPATED NEED TO RE-IMMUNIZE DEPLOYED
            PERSONNEL WITH 'ISG' AND IS ACQUIRING NECESSARY STOCK.

            D.  CLINICAL SITUATION: "GASTRO' ILLNESSES CONTINUE AT STEADY,
            BUT NOT ALARMING RATE. CURRENT RATES OF DISEASE AND NONBATTLE
            INJURY REMAIN LOW. MAJORITY OF PATIENTS ADMITTED TO HOSPITALS AND
            SUBSEQUENTLY EVACUATED HAD RECENT HISTORIES OF SURGICAL INTERVENTION
            OR CHRONIC MEDICAL CONDITIONS.

            E. HOST NATION SUPPORT [(b)(1)sec3.4(b)(6)]
      							SAUDIS ARE ACCEPTING U.S.
            PATIENTS REFERRED TO THEIR MILITARY HOSPITALS FOR SPECIALTY CARE ON
            CASE-BY-CASE BASIS, WITH NO REFUSALS TO DATE. LOCAL-LEVEL MILITARY
            AND CIVILIAN OFFICIALS ARE WILLING TO ACCOMMODATE OUR REQUESTS AS WE
            CONTINUE TO SEEK HOST NATION AGREEMENT. 
             7.     SECURITY. NTR
            DECLAS:
            BT