Two members from the 5th Combat Communications Group deployed to Angol, Chile in support of relief efforts after the Chilean earthquake Feb. 27. The team left March 7 and arrived in Chile March 11.
Staff Sgt. William Kidd and Senior Airman Patrick Walters from the 52nd Combat Communications Squadron set up communications to the support Expeditionary Medical Support team and its 83 personnel, mostly medical staff.
EMEDS is a field hospital that has the capability to house 10 patients. Though being able to house 10 patients may seem small relative to the devastation, said Sergeant Kidd. The town’s 200 bed hospital was ravaged by the earthquake and was only able to support 16 patients. So the EMEDS field hospital was able to almost double the medical facilities in Angol.
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