Task Force aides local medical school, hospital
TIKRIT, Iraq – Task Force Danger soldiers delivered medical supplies, textbooks and journals to the Tikrit Hospital and Tikrit University Medical School on July 7.
The 1st Infantry Division’s 1st Battalion, 18th Infantry and the 415th Civil Affairs Battalion coordinated and carried out the delivery.
The University of Tennessee Medical School collected 150 boxes of textbooks from medical students in the United States. The Elsevier Publishing Company provided the shipping from the U.S., said Capt. Donna Kentley, a physician’s assistant with the 415th CA Battalion.
This latest delivery boosted the number of books in the medical school’s library to more than 50,000, Kentley said, who spearheaded the delivery. When the U.S. arrived in Iraq and started the rebuilding process, the university used photocopied texts for teaching medical students and nurses, Kentley said.
