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SAF team
providing dental services returns from
Afghanistan
SINGAPORE: A five-men medical team from the Singapore Armed Forces
has returned home after a humanitarian dental project in
Afghanistan.
Lieutenant Colonel (LTC) Lee Kuan Chung and his team were deployed
to the Bamiyan Province in May this year as part of the New Zealand
Defence Force Provincial Reconstruction Team.
While they were there, they helped to set up the province's first
dental clinic at Bamiyan Hospital.
They also conducted a dental assistance course and provided
on-the-job training for the Afghan staff who are running the
clinic.
Together with their Afghan counterparts, the SAF team provided
dental care and services to more than 900 patients over eight
weeks.
The SAF has also deployed another five-men engineering team to
Afghanistan in late July.
The team is led by LTC Ong Chia Chong to help in bridge
construction and repair projects in the central Bamiyan.
They are expected to return on 31 October. - CNA/so
