Panama MEDRETE

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio - Master Sgt. Michael Telford, 445th Airlift Wing Aerospace Medicine Squadron optometry services NCO in charge, issues a pair of glasses to a patient in Laventa Village, Coclé Province, Panama, Aug. 23, 2012. Thirty members from the 445th Airlift Wing descended upon Panama for the Panama Medical Readiness Training Exercise Aug. 18-31, providing medical services to 5,000 residents who have little or no access to medical care. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Anthony G. Springer)

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Panama MEDRETE

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio - Staff Sgt. Jennifer Reckner, 445th Airlift Wing Aerospace Medicine Squadron aerospace medical services craftsman, checks the blood pressure of a patient in Tucue´ Village, Coclé District in Panama, Aug. 22, 2012. Thirty members from the 445th Airlift Wing descended upon Panama for the Panama Medical Readiness Training Exercise Aug. 18-31, providing medical services to 5,000 residents who have little or no access to medical care. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Anthony G. Springer)

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Photo essay: 445th AW provides medical care to Panama residents

Published Oct. 10, 2012
By 445th Airlift Wing Public Affairs

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- Thirty members from the 445th Airlift Wing descended upon Panama for the Panama Medical Readiness Training Exercise (MEDRETE) Aug. 18-31, providing medical services to 5,000 residents who have little or no access to medical care.

The teams, consisting of the 445th Aerospace Medicine Squadron and the 445th Aeromedical Staging Squadron, traveled to several locations within the Panamanian boarders. They went to the villages of Caimito, Laventa, and Tucué in the Coclé District of Panama using local schools as their improvised medical centers.

Click here for the slideshow featuring the work performed during the Panama MEDRETE.