CMD RPT ODS 17 MAR 91 AMD CDRS SUMMARY 17 MAR 91

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Subject = CMD RPT ODS   17 MAR 91 AMD CDRS SUMMARY   17 MAR 91

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Folder Title = 251ST EVAC HOSP-ANNEX E ODS

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           of this staff was 34.5. Of additional interest is that only 4 of
           these 21 were true volunteers (RA) while 13 were draftees and 4
           were Berry Plan "Volunteers".

               For further consideration, a similar, breakdown is offered +or
           the 86th Evacuation Hospital, Fort Campbell, KY.    This active
           duty unit is our CAPSTONE partner and was set up next to us in
           Operation Desert Storm.   Their medical staff numbered 28 and
           consisted of 2 COLS, 4 LTCS, 15 MAJS, and 7 CPTS.    Their eldest
           was 58, and they had only two over 50 and only 7 over 40 years of
           age.  The average age in this unit was 36.9 years.

                I know that the 251st Evacuation Hospital was augmented to
           essentially medical center power, and as such, some grey hair was
           not surprising.   None the less, I could but wonder what the ages
           would look like if we were called back in 5 years.    Would our
           average age be 52 then? And I mused that next time the song
           could well be "Where have all the colonels gone?".

                I believe that it is time for national military and
           legislative leaders to address the issues keeping doctors away
           from reserve duty.   Of course, these issues are primarily
           financial.   Incentives are needed that would attract young
           physicians and then cause them to stay.   Other incentives are
           desperately needed right now to avoid a mass exodus of the talent
           we have now, relief packages +or those of us who have closed or
           curtailed small businesses and incurred heavy losses over and
           above mere personal financial deprivation.    The civilian
           volunteer program seems quite sensible to me.    Two civilian
           surgeons in little Georgetown, SC, approached me in December 90,
           wondering what they could do to help. Could such dedicated
           civilians be put through C4 and a modified OBC and then perhaps
           be given annual TDY to the AMSUS meeting? Finally, comes the
           unpleasant question of whether this nation can meet its
           crisis-level military medical needs with nothing but voluntary
           manpower or whether we need some limited draft resource.
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