New Zealand Medical Services in Middle East and Italy

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plans of field hospital

5 NZ Field Ambulance Medical Inspection Room (3 IPP tents) for sick and accidental injuries
For the medical inspection room in Italy either three IPP tents or two adjacent rooms in a building were used, with an examination section separate from the treatment section. The treatment section (or room) was divided into medical and surgical departments. The distribution of the orderlies was as follows: 1 NCO (supervisor); 1 clerk (A & D); 1 medical orderly (medical treatments); 1 instrument orderly (sterilisation of instruments and dressings); 2 surgical orderlies (to do all dressings).

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Title: New Zealand Medical Services in Middle East and Italy

Author: Stout, T. Duncan M.

Publication details: Historical Publications Branch, 1956, Wellington

Part of: The Official History of New Zealand in the Second World War 1939–1945

This text is the subject of: ‘Something of Them Is Here Recorded’: Official History in New Zealand

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