Singapore deploys medical unit

UPI.com, 18 Nov 2008

TARIN KOWT, Afghanistan, Nov. 18 (UPI) -- Singapore has deployed a medical unit to Afghanistan to support NATO's International Security Assistance Force operations.

The Singapore armed forces announced the deployment of a 20-person medical unit to Afghanistan's Uruzgan province. Officials say the unit consists of medical and nursing officers who will support ISAF operations in the provincial capital of Tarin Kowt in a field hospital established by NATO, the Singapore Ministry of Defense reported.

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