February 20, 2015
OTTAWA — The second group of Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) personnel on Operation SIRONA departed the United Kingdom (UK) yesterday for Kerry Town, Sierra Leone. The members deployed to West Africa following extensive training alongside their British military counterparts and in continued support of the Government of Canada’s response to the Ebola epidemic.
This rotation will relieve the first group of CAF military doctors, nurses, medics, and support staff at the UK’s Kerry Town Treatment Unit (KTTU). The command team, led by Lieutenant-Colonel Gary O’Neil, will remain in place and oversee a detailed handover period. Canadians are working alongside their British counterparts in providing essential medical care to local and international healthcare workers and local nationals.
In providing much needed frontline care to patients in West Africa, CAF healthcare professionals are making a significant and direct impact in the fight against the Ebola epidemic.
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