PP 109. Humanitarian Care By NATO Role-2 Hospital in Afghanistan: 4 Year Experience

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D. Pinar, U. Mehmet Meral, N. Salman

16:54 - 17:00h at Margrit Room

Categories: Emergency Surgery, Poster Session

Session: Poster II (P3) - Emergency / Thoracic Surgery

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Background
The aim of this presentation is to describe the clinical and surgical experiences of Turkish Role-2 military hospital providing humanitarian care for Afghan civilians and coalition forces' patients.

Material and Methods
Data were retrospectively gathered from medical records of Role-2 hospital in Kabul from January 2010 to December 2013.

Result
303 patients were hospitalized and treated by our medical and surgical team. 15 (4%) of the patients were female and 288 (96%) were male. The mean age was 24,8 (1-72 years). Fifty one percent of these patients were turkish soldiers and civilians, 34,6% were Afghan civilians, and 14,2% were other coalition forces. 28% presented with general surgery diagnoses, 24,4% presented with infectious disease diagnoses, 22,4% presented with orthopedic and trauma diagnoses, 12,2% presented with otolaryngology disease diagnoses, 5% presented with inner disease diagnoses and 8% presented with diagnoses from various other subspecialties. 111 (36,6%) of 303 patients were performed surgical treatment. 23 (7%) patients were referred to tertiary hospital for further investigation and treatment. Only one patient died in our hospital.

Conclusion
Medical support provided by NATO is vital for civilians because of the difficulty of getting qualified diagnostic and treatment services in Afghanistan.