Warriors in Peace Operations - Strategic Studies Institute - U.S. Army

was ours. Once we received this additional space, we
determined we could place an additional 12-bed Intensive-
Care Unit (ICU) and a 20-bed Intermediate-Care Ward
(ICW).
The other limiting factor was the availability of heavy
equipment side-loaders to unload our equipment from the
trucks they were transported on. Our ability to construct
the hospital was directly limited by the amount of
equipment the side-loaders could unload during the day.
On the third day, Lieutenant General Abrams asked me
what we needed in order to construct the entire hospital on
the current site. After consultation with my primary staff
and extensive measurement of the area surrounding the
aircraft pad, we determined that if we could have all the
grassy area surrounding the pad prepped (graded) and then
have rock laid down in the prepped area, we could
accommodate the entire hospital set-up in that specific
location. Lieutenant General Abrams reviewed our
proposal, approved a $199,000 contract to do the necessary
ground preparation, and directed the project proceed
immediately. In a matter of 4 days, the entire area had been
graded and 3 layers of rock laid to stabilize the ground and
make it feasible to support the weight of the CSH. Once the
ground preparation was completed, construction continued
at a pace consistent with the availability of heavy
equipment to down load our hospital equipment. In a matter
of 3 weeks from our arrival in Taszar, we had the following
hospital resources on ground, staffed, and operational:
• Optometry Clinic
• Dental Clinic with two dental chairs
• Physical Therapy Department
• Orthopedic Clinic
• Obstetrics/Gynogological examination area
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