“To instructors of PKO personnel in each country” GSDF dispatches medical officers to Africa October 1: 19:18
As the United Nations PKO = Ensuring the safety of peacekeeping operations is an issue, the Ground Self-Defense Force will be the first instructor to train personnel in each country to send medical officers to Africa to provide guidance in the medical field, including rescue of injuries. It was.
Two medical officers belonging to the JGSDF Health School were dispatched for one day, and the Ministry of Defense reported a departure report to Goro Yuasa.
As part of a UN project, the GSDF has dispatched members overseas as instructors to train personnel in Asian and African countries participating in PKO, and has been instructing the operation of heavy machinery necessary for road maintenance and so on. It was.
And this time, the scope of training will be expanded to the medical field, and two doctors will be instructing personnel in each country to rescue injuries at UN facilities in Uganda, Africa from 7 to 18 this month. is.
With regard to PKO, the risk of missions has risen against the backdrop of tribal and sectarian conflicts, and the number of employees who have lost their jobs has increased to around 100 every year since the start of the 2000s, ensuring safety.
Dispatched Kusanagi 3rd Rikusa (32) said, “I believe that improving the rescue capability of PKO members is an urgent issue, and it is very significant that we can contribute to the activities of the United Nations with the capabilities we have cultivated. I think. "