A nurse with the 7th brigade, 2nd national police division, provides a medical screening for a local resident of the Doura beladiya in the 7-2 NP headquarters medical clinic on April 10. Iraqi national police officers opened their headquarters doors to local citizens of the community April 9-11 as the medical officers provided free medical screening, treatment and medicines to the citizens of the southern Baghdad community that is part of the Rashid District. Soldiers of 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Multi-National Division – Baghdad, provided advice as necessary for the police force, which is working with the government of Iraq and local leaders to provide security and stability for the Iraqi people. DoD photo.
BAGHDAD — Multi-National Division – Baghdad Soldiers observed the policemen from the 7th brigade, 2nd national police division, in action first-hand during a free medical clinic April 9-11 for the citizens of the Doura community in the Rashid District of northern Baghdad.The national police battalion, charged with providing security for the residents of the mulhallas located in southern Baghdad, took time in a gesture of community service to provide free medical screening and treatment for the citizens of Doura from their joint security station, which is the headquarters of the 7th NP brigade.
During the three-day event, the Iraqi medical staff, working from the medical facilities located at the Joint Security Station Doura, treated more than 100 patients and further extended their gesture of kindness by offering free gifts to the patients as they waited.
Each patient was personally escorted to a nurse for evaluation before being seen by the resident NP brigade’s physicians.
The doctors treated the local Iraqi residents – men, women and children alike – for a variety of medical ailments and the base’s physician provided the appropriate medication.
The 7th national police brigade plans to host free medical clinics at JSS Doura each month as part of a recurring program to assist the government of Iraq, as well as district and national advisory councils in Baghdad, to meet the needs of its people.
Soldiers of the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, currently operate at the combat outposts and JSS sites in southern Baghdad to maintain relations with the local Iraqi security forces and provide additional guidance as necessary.
(1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division)