That's incredible, especially for a war zone. Our medics are awesome.
A 1 percent bump — 1.27 percent to be exact — may seem small, but for a hospital that saw more than 450 trauma cases in 2017, it’s the difference between life and death for about five patients. That’s equal to nearly half the 11 U.S. combat deaths here last year.
Officials would not say how many patients were Afghan troops, but there were just 113 U.S. casualties in fighting in the country last year.
The motto on rounds here is “no one dies today,” and as they’ve come close to achieving that goal, deaths have become so rare that Matthews said it’s unnerving when someone does not survive.
Story @ Bagram hospital braces for more casualties as US intensifies Afghan War
A 1 percent bump — 1.27 percent to be exact — may seem small, but for a hospital that saw more than 450 trauma cases in 2017, it’s the difference between life and death for about five patients. That’s equal to nearly half the 11 U.S. combat deaths here last year.
Officials would not say how many patients were Afghan troops, but there were just 113 U.S. casualties in fighting in the country last year.
The motto on rounds here is “no one dies today,” and as they’ve come close to achieving that goal, deaths have become so rare that Matthews said it’s unnerving when someone does not survive.
Story @ Bagram hospital braces for more casualties as US intensifies Afghan War
