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By 2008 the deployment of the British military to Afghanistan increased and there was a need for a more solid structure so that the capability of the British military medical team in the Helmand Territory could be increased. On the 6 February 2008 the Medical Treatment Facility (MTF) was officially opened by the Armed Forces Minister Mr Bob Ainsworth. Since the deployment of the British army to Southern Afghanistan members of the Queen Alexandra Royal Army Nursing Corps (QARANC) and the Royal Army Medical Corps (RAMC) have been deployed to the Helmand region to serve alongside their Navy and Royal Air Force (RAF) colleagues. Together they have cared for and continue to care for sick and wounded tri service personal, members of the Afghan National army and police force, International troops and injured civilians who may have sustained injuries as a result of Taliban suicide bombings or military air strikes. The tri service medical group are collectively called the Joint Force Med Group (JFMG). During this time units posted to the Camp Bastion Field Hospital and Medical Treatment Facility (MTF) Helmand Territory Southern Afghanistan have included 22 Field Hospital from Aldershot, England and 243 (Wessex) Field Hospital (Volunteers). In 2008 203 Field Hospital Unit were deployed to Camp Bastion and they were filmed for an ITV series in 2009 called Doctors and Nurses at War. The programme makers filmed them at work within the hospital and in the field. For more information and to view photographs visit the Doctors and Nurses at War page. A QARANC wall plaque and shield is available to buy through Amazon. The QA shield is hand made and ready to hang on the wall. . Buy Now. Findextrawork Since leaving the QA's we have done an assortment of self employed work and jobs, some which only take an hour a week, others have been full time. We have written about these at our other website Findextrawork at www.findextrawork.co.uk where we share the information for free to help others with information and resources about earning more money. Visit Findextrawork for more information. Though other units in Helmand Province remain in tents the MTF is now in solid buildings and has extended their capabilities. This includes two general wards, several private rooms, a six bed intensive treatment unit (ITU), CT scanner, X-Ray machines (which includes the latest mobile digital dragon X-Ray machine), pharmacy, pathology laboratory, operating room with two modern operation tables and temperature controls to ensure the comfort of patients and staff from the extreme heat and cold weather conditions of Helmand territory and offers more protection from the Afghan dust. By February 08 the bed state capacity at the hospital squadron was 37 patients. The injured, wounded and sick soldiers of Operation Herrick IV (16 Air Assault Brigade) are cared for by 86 tri service staff. This also includes primary health care from a general practice surgery, two dental surgeries, a welfare department, a mental healthcare team and a dedicated Hospital Chaplain. In time there will be a physiotherapy treatment department. When the Medical Treatment Facility building opened in 2008 the Officer Commanding of the Hospital Squadron was Lt Col Paul Wallbridge. Injuries treated by his team have included burns, ballistic trauma injuries, trauma injuries, mine strikes, blast, fragmentation or gunshot wounds. Being so near the front line the medics and nurses can perform immediate surgery and treatment which will save limbs and lives. Once stabilised patients are then swiftly repatriated to the UK for further treatment and care. Members of the regular QARANC work alongside QA Territorial Army personnel. The Camp Bastion Field Hospital and Medical Treatment Facility (MTF) in Helmand Territory was built by G3 Systems to a modular design construction from a containerised structure. This bespoke design meets the specific requirements of military casualties and patients. For Care and Duty For Care and Duty was a Reporting Scotland special by Jackie Bird for BBC1 in February 2010. She reported on the roles of the nursing and medical staff at the A&E Department of Camp Bastion Field Hospital in Afghanistan Helmand Province. This included the staff of Scottish Territorial Army 205 Field Hospital whose bases are in Aberdeen, Dundee, Edinburgh and Glasgow. For Care and Duty also looked at the work of MEET (the Medical Emergency Response Team), the TRIM trauma risk management unit Mental Health Unit based at Camp Bastion and the psychiatric nurses of the Field Mental Health Team who deploy to Forward Operating Base areas to treat troops. Forward operating bases such as FOB Wishtan were visited where Jackie Bird interviewed a Combat Medical Technician (CMT), members of the Scottish infantry (the Jocks of the Highland Regiment) and talked about the roles of the combat medics. Jackie Bird kept a web blog for the BBC and talks about the chill of hearing an Op Minimise announcement. Operation Minimise informs the troops that communications with the outside are being stopped whilst a helicopter brings in battle casualties. This prevents the next of kin learning about their loved ones from sources other than military officials. If you would like to contribute any info, photographs or share your memories of Afghanistan then please contact me. BFBS Afghanistan BFBS Afghanistan was launched in October 2009. The first DJ on air was the radio station manager Dusty Miller who opened with the words Good Morning Afghanistan. British Forces Broadcasting Service broadcasts from Camp Bastion throughout Afghanistan and the Middle East and can be heard by families on DAB digital Radio. The first song played on BFBS Afghanistan was Wake Up Boo! by The Boo Radleys. Read more about BFBS Afghanistan at www.bfbs-radio.com The Real Tenko The latest book about British Army nurses and nursing describes a dark chapter in the history of the QAs. The Real Tenko: Extraordinary True Stories of Women Prisoners of the Japanese by Mark Felton is an account of the fall of the Far East to Japan. It comprehensively covers war atrocities performed by the Japanese troops to women stationed in places such as Singapore and Hong Kong. This included Sisters of the QAs who were stationed in hospitals such as BMH Bowen Road Hong Kong and BMH Singapore. Read the Qaranc.co.uk review or Buy Now with free delivery available. View more British Army Nursing Books - with free delivery available. If you would like to contribute to this page, suggest changes or inclusions to this website or would like to send me a photograph then please e-mail me. The photos and pictures on this page have been kindly sent to us for inclusion on this page. If you would like to contribute photographs then please contact us. For the official Army QARANC webpage please go to www.army.mod.uk/home.aspx For the QARANC Association website please go to www.army.mod.uk/army-medical-services/qaranc/9884.aspx ********************************************* Help Needed** A reader of Qaranc.co.uk is researching the exhumation of Heinrich Himmler in Luneberg, Germany circa 1945-46. He thinks that two nurses from the QAIMNS attended the exhumation due to the poor state of health of Walter Schellenberg. He would like to learn if any of the nurses kept a diary of the events leading up to the exhumation or sent any personal letters home to friends or family that may have provided an insight into Walter Schellenberg and the exhumation. Please contact Qaranc.co.uk if you have any information. Qaranc.co.uk have recently learnt about two former Military Hospitals that we would like to write about. These are the British Military Hospital at Wuppertal in Germany and BMH Benghazi. If you know any information, would like to share your memories or have photographs that we can use on the site then please contact Qaranc.co.uk A reader is writing an article about the demise of the Military Hospital for the RAMC Magazine and seeks some help. There was, in Kuala Lumpur, a hospital called BMH Kinrara. He would like to know when it opened and closed, what happened to the buildings and the staff. He thinks that Kinrara closed as Terendak opened and that the staff were transferred across to 34 Company RAMC? He would also like any information about the Military Maternity Hospital, Penang. If you can help then please contact Qaranc.co.uk There is a lovely photo of three QA Midwives from the 1960s about half way down on the Royal Herbert Hospital page. If you can help with information about the Maternity Unit in Woolwich or identify the QA Officers then please contact Qaranc.co.uk The BMH Dhekelia has new photos which includes a stunning picture of the demolition of the original building and some staff photos. The contributor would like some help with the date it was demolished and would love to hear from anyone who worked with her relative.			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