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What is a Role 3 medical unit? Well you may ask, because the TV show "[[Combat Hospital]]" assumes the viewer is familiar with the terminology.

What is a Role 3 medical unit? Well you may ask, because the [[TV]] show "[[Combat Hospital]]" assumes the viewer is familiar with the terminology.

* In NATO’s world, medical facilities are designated Role 1 to Role 4, depending on capability. A Role 1 facility is essentially a Unit Medical Section, while a Role 2 can do everything short of surgery. '''A Role 3 has surgical capacity.''' In Afghanistan, a Role 2 (plus) type of hospital existed in some locations, which was a Role 2 with limited surgical capacity. The all-singing all-dancing full service Role 4 is located at Landstuhl, Germany. At Kandahar Air Field, the United States had been lead nation at the Role 3 until 2005, with Canada taking over the following year. [http://www.mci-forum.com/home/article/103.html]

* In [[NATO]]’s world, medical facilities are designated Role 1 to Role 4, depending on capability. A Role 1 facility is essentially a Unit Medical Section, while a Role 2 can do everything short of [[surgery]]. '''A Role 3 has surgical capacity.''' In [[Afghanistan]], a Role 2 (plus) type of [[hospital]] existed in some locations, which was a Role 2 with limited surgical capacity. The all-singing all-[[dance|dancing]] full service Role 4 is located at Landstuhl, [[Germany]]. At Kandahar Air Field, the [[United States]] had been lead nation at the Role 3 until 2005, with [[Canada]] taking over the following year. [http://www.mci-forum.com/home/article/103.html]

So it's basically a MASH unit (mobile army surgical hospital) except it stays in one place.

So it's basically a [[MASH]] unit (mobile army surgical hospital) except it stays in one place.

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[[Category:Medicine]]

[[Category:Medicine]]