Noncombat injury top reason for pediatric care by military surgeons in Afghanistan, Iraq
Thursday, May 1, 2014 - 17:01
in Health & Medicine
Noncombat-related injury -- caused by regular car accidents, falls and burns -- is the most common reason for pediatric admissions to US military combat hospitals in both Iraq and Afghanistan reveals new study findings. The primary role of a combat military hospital is to care for all sick and wounded soldiers during wartime. However, the Geneva Convention specifies that an occupying force must ensure, to the greatest extent possible, the public health of the civilian population.