Hospital set to cope with deployments

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Hospital set to cope with deployments
By Erik Slavin, Stars and Stripes
Pacific edition, Saturday, January 31, 2009

YOKOSUKA NAVAL BASE, Japan — Increasing deployments for health care workers shouldn’t affect patient service at U.S. Naval Hospital Yokosuka and its branch clinics, its commander said at a hospital forum Thursday.

Capt. Kevin Moore, commander of the Navy’s health care centers in Japan, South Korea and Guam, said that about 10 percent of the hospital’s workers would be deployed in the next two to three months.

Normally, the hospital operates with about 5 percent of its personnel deployed.

"I know it will be a challenge … but we’re not anticipating any significant delay right now," Moore said.

The personnel shortage can be made up by adjusting schedules and by having staff work extra hours, he said.


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