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[edit] Armed Forces Press Service

  • Medical Professionals Leave Guantanamo With New Impressions[1]
  • Military Medics Saw Few Signs of Detainee Abuse[2]
  • DoD Issues Guidance for Medical Personnel Dealing With Detainees[3]
  • Special Defense Department Briefing -- on captive abuse[4]

Alleged Guantanamo Abuse Did Not Rise to Level of 'Inhumane'[5]

[edit] Media Advisories

Yesterday morning (May 18, 2006) we responded to a medical emergency in Camp 1.[6]

Medical officials assigned to Joint Task Force – Guantanamo (JTF-GTMO) reported a total of 84 enemy combatants as current participants in a voluntary fast underway here. The total includes 46 detainees that have refused nine consecutive meals since December 25.[7]


[edit] From The Wire (JTF-GTMO)

The small number of involuntary feedings conducted at the U.S. detention facility here are done humanely and are well within common standards of medical care, offi cials said in an effort to counter allegations made by attorneys for some detainees here.[8] This holiday season, Troopers are away from loved ones, hometowns and civilian life. For some Troopers, this deployment marks their first time away from home. There are some Troopers, who are friends and coworkers that may need your help or guidance to assist them through a stressful period.[9] “I’ve known some of these guys for five years, before they could put on band-aids, and now they are all really good medics. My biggest goal here was to be able to train medics and corpsmen so they will go out and be competent and really certain about troop care.”[10]

“They receive the same care as you or I would receive at the JAS, except they have personal follow-ups,” Thrasher said, as he stood in one of the private examining rooms where detainees are treated in one-on-one consultations with doctors and corpsmen. “They get treated very well. Even exceeding the Geneva Conventions.”[11]

I am a Naval Hospital Corpsman. I worked for the JTF JAS, and now I work in the Emergency Room at the Naval Hospital, where I work on the ambulance.[12]

Detention Hospital transfers authority Photo by SPC Katherine L. Collins Cmdr. Thomas DeLaney delivers a few words during Monday’s Detention Hospital transfer of authority ceremony. DeLaney assumed command from Cmdr. Jefferey Timby as officer in charge of the hospital.

Thomas DeLaney assumes command of the captive's hospital. http://www.jtfgtmo.southcom.mil/wire/WirePDF/v4/TheWire-v4-i40-18Jun04.pdf [8]

I leave with an indelible image of your professionalism, integrity, and ethical practices that have delivered safe and humane care to detainees in a manner that is unparalleled and beyond reproach. You are driven by conviction, moral rectitude and an understanding that what you are achieving is for the greater good.[13]

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[edit] References

  1. ^ Gerry J. Gilmore. "Medical Professionals Leave Guantanamo With New Impressions", American Forces Press Service, October 27, 2005. 
  2. ^ Kathleen T. Rhem. "Military Medics Saw Few Signs of Detainee Abuse", American Forces Press Service, July 8, 2005. 
  3. ^ Kathleen T. Rhem. "DoD Issues Guidance for Medical Personnel Dealing With Detainees", American Forces Press Service, June 16, 2005. 
  4. ^ You must specify title = and url = when using {{cite web}}.Presenter: Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs, Steve Jones and Army Surgeon General and Commander U.S. Army Medical Command, Lt. Gen. Kevin C. Kiley (July 07, 2005). .
  5. ^ Kathleen T. Rhem. "Alleged Guantanamo Abuse Did Not Rise to Level of 'Inhumane'", American Forces Press Service, July 13, 2005. 
  6. ^ Harry Harris. "Statement on Suicide Attempts at Guantanamo", JTF-GTMO, 19 May 2006. Retrieved on 2008-02-10. 
  7. ^ LTC Jeremy Martin. "JTF Guantanamo Updates Voluntary Fast Numbers", JTF-GTMO, Dec 29, 2005. Retrieved on 2008-02-10. 
  8. ^ a b c d e Kathleen T. Rhem. "GTMO feedings humane, within medical care standards", The Wire (JTF-GTMO), Friday, December 9, 2005, pp. page 3. Retrieved on 2008-02-22. 
  9. ^ Sergeant Todd Lamonica. "Watching your buddy for signs of depression", The Wire (JTF-GTMO), Friday, December 9, 2005, pp. page 5. Retrieved on 2008-02-22. 
  10. ^ Spc. Joshua Nace. "15 Minutes of Fame with Army Captain Christopher Baker", The Wire (JTF-GTMO), Friday, December 9, 2005, pp. page 11. Retrieved on 2008-02-22. 
  11. ^ Cpl. Jim Greenhill. "Corpsmen Radiate Pride for Service Inside the Wire", The Wire (JTF-GTMO), Friday, Oct. 22, 2004, pp. page 11. Retrieved on 2008-02-22. "Navy Hospitalman “Red” Stewart sets up oxygen at the clinic at Camp Delta. The clinic provides detainees with the same standard of care received by Troopers." 
  12. ^ Kathleen T. Rhem. "15 Minutes of Fame... with HM2 Felipe Rodriguez Joint Task Force Joint Aid Station Locked and cocked “Devil Doc”", The Wire (JTF-GTMO), Friday, December 9, 2005, pp. page 12. Retrieved on 2008-02-22. 
  13. ^ Ronald Sollock. "GTMO feedings humane, within medical care standards", The Wire (JTF-GTMO), Friday, July 6, 2007, pp. page 2. Retrieved on 2008-02-22.