When you’re living 750 miles north of the Arctic Circle and the closet big city is hours away by air, the availability of health care is a big deal.
Enter the Thule AB hospital. The 821st Air Base Group operates the Thule hospital, a small but vital facility at the Department of Defense’s northernmost base.
“We manage the health care and medical programs at Thule,” said Tech. Sgt. Amber Russo, 821st Support Squadron Surgeon General Flight chief. “We saw about 290 out-patients in July, and three in-patients.”
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