Greetings from Captain Bob Lineberry, Continuing Promise 2009 Mission Commander:
It was an impressive performance by our humanitarian team in Colon, Panama. It was the second time Comfort was there in the past two years and the Panamanian officials prepared their team for an all hands effort. There were numerous medical professionals from Colon and all across the country to meet our team on the first day and we worked side-by-side throughout the mission.
Onboard COMFORT we conducted 174 surgeries and saw a total of 13,758 patients at 3 different medical sites. Our veterinarians on the ground saw 1,065 animals, mostly livestock and in the little town of Escuela Efrain Tejada, I was able to see them operate on a dog that was in need of some serious repair to relieve his suffering.
Our hardworking and always impressive Seabees worked at 3 different site this time out. At Puerto Escondido Medical Clinic they installed metal louvered windows, replaced interior doors, repaired sink and toilet, installed chain link fence around facility with one vehicle access gate, one pedestrian gate and double barbed wire with concertina wire on fence top to provide much needed security for the clinic. They also worked on a neighboring ball field, bringing it back to life by replacing 850 feet of 5 and 8-ft chain link fencing and poles, repaired a damaged roof on both dugouts, installed fall prevention fencing along the back of bleachers and filled and leveled the infield and outfield. The neighborhood kids helped too! Hi Mrs. Buchanan.
The U.S. Embassy and Military Group in Panama played a huge role setting us up for success, AMB Stephenson made several visits to Colon to assist and the President of Panama visited our sites and COMFORT to see firsthand our partnership in action with Panamanian healthcare providers.
Our international humanitarian team has grown, we have doctors from Brazil and a dentist from Panama to assist in our next stop in Tumaco, Colombia. First day there our good friend, superstar and humanitarian Juanes will team up with us to setup for our 12-day mission.
Onboard COMFORT we conducted 174 surgeries and saw a total of 13,758 patients at 3 different medical sites. Our veterinarians on the ground saw 1,065 animals, mostly livestock and in the little town of Escuela Efrain Tejada, I was able to see them operate on a dog that was in need of some serious repair to relieve his suffering.
Our hardworking and always impressive Seabees worked at 3 different site this time out. At Puerto Escondido Medical Clinic they installed metal louvered windows, replaced interior doors, repaired sink and toilet, installed chain link fence around facility with one vehicle access gate, one pedestrian gate and double barbed wire with concertina wire on fence top to provide much needed security for the clinic. They also worked on a neighboring ball field, bringing it back to life by replacing 850 feet of 5 and 8-ft chain link fencing and poles, repaired a damaged roof on both dugouts, installed fall prevention fencing along the back of bleachers and filled and leveled the infield and outfield. The neighborhood kids helped too! Hi Mrs. Buchanan.
The U.S. Embassy and Military Group in Panama played a huge role setting us up for success, AMB Stephenson made several visits to Colon to assist and the President of Panama visited our sites and COMFORT to see firsthand our partnership in action with Panamanian healthcare providers.
Our international humanitarian team has grown, we have doctors from Brazil and a dentist from Panama to assist in our next stop in Tumaco, Colombia. First day there our good friend, superstar and humanitarian Juanes will team up with us to setup for our 12-day mission.
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ReplyDeleteThanks for the shout-out Sir! Good luck at your next command, I'll miss your mission updates.
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