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OTHER OCR IS NOT READABLE; SEE IMAGE FILE OR REFER TO PAGE ONE SUMMARY.


6. PATIENT WORKLOAD:
 
				Air Force	Army	Navy	Other	TOTAL
 Number of Admissions 							232
 Number of Outpatients 		6,646		30	67	533	7,287
 Number of Prescriptions 							5,128
 Number of X-Rays 							804
 Air Evacuations 								60
 
 7. PROFESSIONAL INTELLIGENCE: Situations of importance included contract
 meals and the potential for foodborne illness posed by these meals. Early in
 the deployment, foodborne illness at 2 other locations in country were related
 to contract meals from local restaurants and to meals cooked by locals in
 host-national feeding facilities. Medical input should be sought before
 contracts for meals are awarded to restaurants.
 
 Unusual Diseases - none diagnosed. 
 
 Primary reason sought medical care. Early on, heat casualties were of
 major importance. As the weather cooled, respiratory illness and other
 "miscellaneous" problems took on greater significance. Non-battle injuries
 were the greatest single cause for patients seeking medical care.
 
 B. Community Environment and Sanitation:
 

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