1704RS(P) MEDICAL UPDATE

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            SUBJ: MEDICAL UPDATE
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            (7) I AM CAPTAIN G.E. PETERS, SENDING MY FIRST MSG AFTER REPLAC-
            ING MAJOR LISCHAK 03 DEC 90. OF NOTE THIS WEEK IS AN OUT BREAK
            AMONG 48TH TFW AND 833RK ATH TROOPS OF ACUTE GASTROENTERITIS.
            ONLY TROOPS STATIONED AT TENT CITY OR AIRPORT TWO HAVE BEEN
            AFFECTED, WITH THE SINGULAR EXCEPTION OF A PILOT AT AL GAIM. TO
            DATE, NO 1704TH PRS TROOPS ARE AFFECTED. PRELIMINARY EPIDEMIOLO-
            GY IMPLICATES THE CHOW HALLS AT TENT CITY AND AIRPORT 2. THESE
            FACILITIES CHANGED FROM POWDERED TO FRESH EGGS AB0UT 24 HOURS
            BEFORE THE OUTBREAK BEGAN, AND ALL PATIENTS STOOL CULTURES, TO
            DATE, ARE GROWING SALMONELLA. APPROXIMATELY 70 PATIENTS WERE
            ADMITTED TO THE ATH, WITH ABOUT 40 TRANSFERRED TO THE SULTAN
            HOSPITAL. PEAK INCIDENCE OCCURRED 03 DEC 90, WITH ADMISSIONS
            DURING THAT 24 HOUR PERIOD.
            ALSO OF PRIMARY CONCERN TO ME AT THIS TIME ARE TROOP SHELTER
            ACCOMODATION, WHICH ARE INADEQUATE AT THIS TIME. AS OF TODAY NO
            BUNK ARRANGEMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE, BUT 134 CASES OF DRINKING WATER
            (18 LITERS PER CASE) AND 40 CASES OF MRE'S ARE STORED IN THE MAIN
            SHELTER BAY, DESIGNED TO SHELTER 127 ENLISTED TROOPS. NO FOOD OR
            WATER IS CURRENTLY STORED IN THE CIVILIAN CONTRACTOR SHELTER OR
            IN THE APPOINTED PILOT SHELTER. ADEQUATE SUPPLIES FOR ALL TROOPS
            ARE AVAILABLE AT OUR HANGER AND READY FOR TRANSPORT. DISTRIBUT-
            ING ADEQUATE SUPPLIES AND BEDDING MATERIAL IS CURRENTLY BEING
            UNDERTAKEN.
            ANOTHER CONCERN IS THE COMPRESSED GAS (SCUBA) DIVING DONE ON 48TH
            TFW MWR TRIPS TO JEDDAH. ALTHOUGH BRIEFED BY MAJ. LISCHAK RE-
            GARDING THE DANGER OF DEEP AND/OR REPETITIVE DIVING FOLLOWED BY
            DRIVING OVER THE 7,000 FT ESCARPMENT ON RETURN TO OUR LOCATION,
            DEEP AND REPTETIVE DIVING IS OCCURRING. I WILL BE REBRIEFING MWR
            ON THIS VITAL CONCERN, AS WELL ON THE LOCATION OF THE RECOMPRES-
            SION HYPERBARIC CHAMBER (GMP CLINIC) IN JEDDAH.
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