On Tuesday, 27 November 2018, the Chief of Hellenic Army General Staff, Lieutenant General Alkiviadis Stefanis, visited the Area of Responsibility of the 95th Higher National Guard Battalion Command “DIAGORIDON”, in Rhodes.
Specifically, he visited the site where the 227th Mobile Field Surgical Hospital has been deployed and operates, in the context of its National Operational Evaluation by a Committee of the Evaluation Directorate of Hellenic Army General Staff.
In order to activate this Field Hospital, which is a mobilisable unit, reservists were called up and recruited, and, thus, it obtained its wartime composition; this was a particular activity whose planning and implementation set multiple challenges.
During this visit, a demonstration of the operation of the Field Hospital was held, and it included:
- Reception of patients