From MNF-I, Iraqi doctor jump starts immunization program.
FORWARD OPERATING BASE AL RASHEED — Imagine taking over an immunization program lacking the proper equipment, the knowledge of who needs shots, or the vaccinations or staff to give them.
That was exactly the case when Dr. Saad, the 9th Iraqi Army Division's chief surgeon, took over the health center immunization program at Al-Rasheed Forward Operating Base in eastern Baghdad.
Nothing was in place. There were only small amounts of medicine and no database determining who had been vaccinated or when. Amazingly, in just a short period of time, Saad has changed all that.
Saad started his immunization program from scratch. It's not like the Iraqi soldiers stood in line with their yellow immunization cards waiting to be vaccinated from medicine kept cool in a refrigerator. Even though he started to receive small amounts of medication, electricity is limited, affecting the medicine, and the soldiers were not too keen about receiving the shots either. ...
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