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Support hospital units, where, if it were left to the physicians,

all beds would have remained occupied, diminishing the unit's

ability to treat incoming patients.


In addition,  10 hospital units were scheduled to operate DEPMEDS

sets having never trained on the equipment.  Prior to the war,

these units had been assigned older equipment.  Consequently, the

Army established an 8-day "crash" course to teach units how to

operate a DEPMEDS hospital.  However, the course taught little

except how to assemble the hospital's tents.  This course was

given to four units in theater, and the remaining units were

taught at the mobilization stations.


EQUIPME~1 ~SUPP~~, AND LOG~ICS ISSUES


~~er Ho~e~als ~~ Ineff~ive


~~ first ~spitaL    `nits t~t were operational in theater set up

o~r hospital *qc~i~ent.    Shortly thereafter, the Army found

tt~*t these hospi~~'~' tents could not withstand the sand and wind

st~s.     Further, %~e temperature in the tents could not be

br~ught below 100 ~rees, a temperature too high for medical

care.   The Army decided to replace older hospital sets with

DE?MEDS.


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