Military hospital

Catholic service in Austrian military hospital during World War I.

A military hospital is a hospital that is owned and operated by the armed forces. They are often reserved for the use of military personnel and their dependents, but in some countries are made available to civilians as well. They may or may not be located on a military base; many are not.

In the United Kingdom and Germany, British military hospitals have been closed; military personnel are usually treated in a special wing of a designated civilian hospital, in the UK, these are referred to as a Ministry of Defence Hospital Unit. Service personnel injured in combat operations are normally treated at the Royal Centre for Defence Medicine.

Examples

Former British military hospitals (BMH) include:

West Germany

  • BMH Hanover, Germany - closed and mobilized as 32nd Field Hospital to Saudi Arabia during the Gulf War in 1990 [1]
  • BMH Rinteln, Germany - closed and now home to charity organization (Lebenshilfe) [2]
  • BMH Iserlohn, Germany - closed 1990s [3]
  • BMH Wegberg, Germany
  • BMH Hostert, Germany - 1950s/60s [4]
  • BMH Münster
  • BMH Wuppertal
  • BMH Berlin

United Kingdom

Cyprus

Egypt

China

Hong Kong

Others - Asia

Ghana

Americas

  • Belize Hospital

India

Command Hospital only treats military and civilian are not entertained .located in 5 cities.

Africa-Middle East

Pictures of Israeli military hospital in 1948.

See also

References

  1. "BMH Hannover - British Military Hospital Germany". qaranc.co.uk. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
  2. "BMH Rinteln - British Military Hospital Germany". qaranc.co.uk. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
  3. "British Military Hospital BMH Iserlohn". qaranc.co.uk. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
  4. Moore, Simon. "BMH Hostert". BAOR Locations. Retrieved 18 July 2016.
  5. "The military hospitals that have closed". The Daily Telegraph. 3 October 2006.
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