November 25, military medics of the Lithuanian-led Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT-12) performed an operation on a local 12-year old boy from Chaghcharan. The surgical operation performed at the Chaghcharan PRT base took about one hour.
„Surgery went well, now the boy is undergoing treatment at the PRT's medical facility. If recovery process is going fine and without complications, and the 12-year old and his parents follow recommendations, the boy will be healthy again very soon," said head of medical section Maj Erikas Kenstavičius.
The surgery was done by Ukrainian and Lithuanian military medical personnel.
PRT medics were contacted by a Chaghcharan citizen in need of medical assistance for his 12 years old son. Medical personnel conducted a thorough examination and decided to surgically remove a cyst causing the child pain and inflicting his movement.
After a successful operation the boy's father thanked PRT medics for excellent service and heartfelt attention to local people.
According to Maj E. Kenstavičius, PRT medical facility is equipped enough to provide manifold medical treatment - from vital surgical intervention to therapy.
Health facility at Chaghcharan PRT base is modern and well-equipped with healthcare equipment. It is installed in a complex of CHS containers, among other equipment it has autonomous conditioning system, water supply, autonomous power plant.
PRT medics cooperate with staff of Chaghcharan hospital on a permanent basis, provides professional training, give consultations to Afghan patients at the capital's hospital, and receives patients at the PRT medical facilities as well.
PRT-12 is formed mainly of troops of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Algirdas Mechanised Infantry Battalion providing personnel for the ISAF mission in Ghor for a second time. The Battalion's combat flag flew in the base of Chaghcharan PRT in Ghor province, Afghanistan, for the first time in 2006.
The Lithuanian-led PRT in Ghor is a joint civilian-military mission, a part of NATO's ISAF, that was launched in Ghor in summer of 2005. The main task of the mission is to help Government of Afghanistan to extend authority in the province, ensure security and create environment for provincial reconstruction. Prerequisites for the allied forces deployed in Afghanistan to finish the mission will be provided as soon as the country's National Security Forces are able to ensure security of the country and its people independently. In the present period major attention is paid to the projects of training and preparation of Afghan National Security Forces. One of them - Lithuanian-led Police Operational Mentoring and Liaison Team (POMLT) - enters operation in Ghor this November.
Representatives of Denmark, Georgia, Japan, USA, Poland, Finland and Ukraine serve together with Lithuanian military and civilian personnel in Ghor PRT camp in Chaghcharan.
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