PEKANBARU, Indonesia – A team of doctors from the Tripler Army Medical Center, Honolulu, Hawaii, reconstruct an ear for a local Indonesian during operation PACIFIC ANGEL 11-3, at the Arifin Achmad Hospital, June 15, 2011.
Today, seven surgeries were conducted.
“We had a great surgical mission,” said Dr. (Cmdr.) David Healy, ear, nose and throat surgeon stationed at the Tripler Army Medical Center in Honolulu. “We concentrated on two kinds of surgeries; ear surgeries, cleft lip and cleft pallet repairs,” he said.
PACANGEL is a series of joint/combined humanitarian civic outreach efforts training conducted in the Pacific. This humanitarian and civic outreach training program is aimed at improving military-civic cooperation between the United States and Indonesia.
The operation consists of several civil military assistance programs to include medical civic assistance programs (MEDCAP/DENCAP) with focuses on general health care, dental, optometry, women’s health, and pediatrics. Also included is the engineering civic assistance program (ENCAP), with focus on structural, plumbing, and electric repair of medical clinics and schools. 
PEKANBARU, Indonesia – A team of doctors from the Tripler Army Medical Center, Honolulu, Hawaii, reconstruct an ear for a local Indonesian during operation PACIFIC ANGEL 11-3, at the Arifin Achmad Hospital, June 15, 2011.
“It feels good to be a part of something like this,” said Dr. Healy. “Just being able to take those individuals and impact them in such a meaningful and profound way is very gratifying,” he said.
PACANGEL is scheduled to be conducted from 11 Jun-18 Jun.
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