Read the latest stories and news of the Army Medics

Media Releases:

• NZDF Deploys to give Cook Islands a Shot in the Arm
  A 40-strong contingent of New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) medics, including 12 civilian volunteer health specialists, will deploy by C-130 Hercules to the Cook Islands with a mission to provide health support to the people of the Cook Islands...
• Medical World in Conflict
  From Iraq and Afghanistan to shores closer to home, Warrant Officer Class Two Crowe has seen action around the world as a medic in the NZ Army over the last 23 years and he now applies this experience to training at Joint Services Health School at Burnham Army Camp in Christchurch...
• Northland Woman Keeps Soldiers Healthy in Solomon Islands
  A Northland woman serving as a medic with the New Zealand Defence Force in the Solomon Islands says the experience has taught her how to deal with ailments she would never have learnt about in her university studies...
  

Feature Stories:

• Healing the Wounds: a Medical Officer returns to Bamyan
  By Captain Vanessa Fletcher, 20 February 2008.
  I had a feeling of elation as the plane touched down, bringing me back for a second winter tour to Afghanistan. It had been two years, but it could have been a week since I'd been here. I knew I'd be back. There have been many changes in the Bamyan Province and development is easier to see over a two year period than the usual 6 month glimpse...
• Snapshot of Health Care Services in Northern Bamyan
  By LCPL Dwyer, Patrol Medic, 3 January 2007.
  Kiwi Team Two has now completed two patrols in their area of responsibility, Northern Bamyan, and we’re well into the swing of things. The focus of our first patrol was merely familiarisation of the area but our second patrol enabled us to visit various health clinics throughout the area...
• New Zealand Medics, Afghan Style
  By Squadron Leader Paul Nealis, 15 September 2007.
  NZDF Medical staff deploy to Bamyan, Afghanistan as part of a Task Group to provide medical and environmental health care for deployed New Zealand forces, to mentor local medical leaders and, when possible, provide humanitarian medical aid. A doctor, nurse, and two medics make up the Regimental Aid Post (RAP) team at Kiwi Base in Bamyan City while four additional medics are deployed with the four patrol teams...
  

Fighting Fit Army News Stories:

• Performance Enhancement (or Stimulants)
  Major David Voss ED (clasp), Auckland based Specialist Renal Physician, Territorial Force Medical Officer, and NZ National Leader for the 5-nation technical panel on Human Performance discusses some of the agents commonly used in performance enhancement...
• The Dark Side of the Sun
  Here Dunedin-based surgeon and Territorial Force officer Major Darryl Tong, RNZAMC, looks at malignant melanoma...