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	Comfort Begins Medical Services in Grenada
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        <h1 class="title">Comfort Begins Medical Services in Grenada</h1>
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            <div class="image-caption">U.S. Navy Boatswain's Mate 3rd Class Christopher Ogden, assigned to the hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20), removes a Grenadian girl’s admission bracelet as she checks out of a temporary medical treatment site in St. George's, Grenada, Sept. 18, 2019. Comfort is working with health and government partners in Central America, South America, and the Caribbean to provide care on the ship and at land-based medical sites, helping to relieve pressure on national medical systems, including those strained by an increase in cross-border migrants. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Brendan Fitzgerald)</div>
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            <div class="image-caption">Grenadian Prime Minister Keith Mitchell takes a tour of the hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20), while the ship is anchored off the coast of St. George’s, Grenada for a medical mission, Sept. 18, 2019. Comfort is working with health and government partners in Central America, South America, and the Caribbean to provide care on the ship and at land-based medical sites, helping to relieve pressure on national medical systems, including those strained by an increase in cross-border migrants. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Danny Ray Nuñez Jr.)</div>
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            <div class="image-caption">U.S. Navy Lt. Cmdr. Martin Casarez, a physical therapist assigned to the hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20), examines a Grenadian man's legs at a temporary medical treatment site in St. George's, Grenada, Sept. 18, 2019. Comfort is working with health and government partners in Central America, South America, and the Caribbean to provide care on the ship and at land-based medical sites, helping to relieve pressure on national medical systems, including those strained by an increase in cross-border migrants. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Bobby J Siens)</div>
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            <div class="image-caption">U.S. Navy Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Madison Kirk, assigned to the hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20), teaches stretching exercises to a Grenadian woman at a temporary medical treatment site in St. George's, Grenada, Sept. 18, 2019. Comfort is working with health and government partners in Central America, South America, and the Caribbean to provide care on the ship and at land-based medical sites, helping to relieve pressure on national medical systems, including those strained by an increase in cross-border migrants. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Bobby J Siens)</div>
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    <div> <span class="date">/ Published Sept. 16, 2019</span></div>
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    <p>ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada – Senior leadership from the hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) alongside partner and host nation representatives attended an opening ceremony to mark the beginning of the ship’s seventh medical mission stop in St. George’s, Grenada, Sept. 15.</p>

<p>While in St. George’s, U.S. service members and medical professionals will work alongside partner and host nations to provide medical assistance in communities with urgent health care needs and demonstrate the commitment to strengthen regional medical capacity.</p>

<p>“It is truly a pleasure and honor to be here to welcome the United States ship Comfort to Grenada,” said Linda Taglialatela, U.S. ambassador to Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean. “Here after six stops in South and Central America and the Caribbean, the ships presence in Grenada reflects the strength of our bilateral relationship and our commitment to Grenada and the region.”</p>

<p>Comfort’s team consists of more than 900 personnel, including medical specialists from the military, non-governmental organization volunteers and personnel from partner nations.</p>

<p>“I believe this a very significant event here today, because this is a symbol of the strong relationship between the United States and Grenada,” said Keith Mitchell, prime minister of Grenada. “Healthcare touches every single human being, and anything that is done to improve healthcare to citizens of any country has lasting impact. The impact of this initiative is clearly something all Grenadians will feel for a long time.”</p>

<p>This marks the first Comfort visit to Grenada and the seventh to the region since 2007. The embarked medical teams will provide care aboard Comfort and at two land-based medical sites.</p>

<p>This mission stop is part of the U.S. Southern Command’s Enduring Promise initiative and reflects the United States’ ongoing commitment to friendship, partnership, and solidarity with partner nations in the Caribbean, Central America and South America.</p>

<p>For more information, visit www.facebook.com/NAVSOUS4THFLT, www.dvidshub.net/feature/comfort2019, and www.navy.mil.</p>
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