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f. Number of Patients Regulated to Other Medical Treatment Facilities and
Diagnosis for Care Beyond Our Scope of Service: 27
    
7. PROFESSIONAL INTELLIGENCE: The primary reason patients sought medical care
was for sinusitis and upper respiratory illness. This was attributed to the
dry and dusty climate at the deployment site.
    
a. Community Environment and Sanitation:
    
(1) Health Services: Excellent
    
(2) Water Supply: Very adequate. Used bottled water for drinking and
appropriately treated water for all else. No health problems presented.
    
(3) Sewage Disposal: Holding tanks for sewage and showers emptied by
contractor personnel on virtually a daily basis. Increase in camp population
necessitated additional holding tanks after seepage/overflow indicated. No
health problems presented.
    
(4) Local Restaurants: No objective data collected. However, it appeared
that well established restaurants presented no problems.
    
(5) Insects and Animals Affecting Health: Minimal mosquito and fly
vectors. Occasional rats, cats, and mice were appropriately trapped and
disposed of. No injury or health problems presented.
    
(6) Poisonous Fish and Animals: Occasional sand vipers that posed no
 threat.
    
(7) Food and Dairy Products: Acquired from approved source and inspected
by U.S. Army personnel. No health problems presented.
    
(8) Veterinary Service Impact Statement: Not Applicable
    
(9) Preventive Medicine Impact Statement: The deployment site presented
very little risk to deployed personnel. Alerts from medical intelligence
reports generally did not apply to our encampment or contingency hospital
operation.
    
B. Prevalent Diseases: None experienced. There was one communicable
disease that was infected prior to deployment.
    
C. Preventlve Medicine Measures Necessary On and Off Base: Sanitation
inspections, food inspections, occupational health monitoring, and communicable
disease surveillance.
  
D. Specific "Dos and Dont's" Such as Relations with Indigenous Personnel,
Customs, and "Taboos": Medical intelligence on customs appeared valuable to
personnel briefed. No adverse impacts realized.
    
E. Medical Facilities:
    
    

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