base hospital

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Because the law forbids the military to bring prisoners to the United States for care, the Pentagon sends doctors, equipment and members of the support staff to perform complex procedures on detainees at the base hospital.

From New York Times

In June, the chief medical officer evaluating detainee health care at Guantánamo, Capt. Corry Kucik of the Navy, testified that the base hospital facilities lacked adequate facilities and technology to reliably conduct the operation, and that some surgeons might not want to risk their license doing it.

From New York Times

Lawyers for the prisoner, Abd al-Hadi al-Iraqi, who is in his 60s, argue that the small base hospital may not be properly equipped for such a delicate surgery, and propose that he be medically evacuated.

From New York Times

Robert Rawlins Sr., 91, a retired Air Force master sergeant who later was a civilian Defense Department worker at the Pentagon for 20 years, died Feb. 15 at a base hospital at Fort Belvoir, Va. The cause was respiratory failure, said his son Robert Rawlins Jr.

From Washington Post

Besides the two killed, 15 Marines were taken to the base hospital and two were flown by helicopter to a Wilmington hospital where they were in critical condition, according to a news release from the Marines.

From Seattle Times