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Guantanamo-bound MRI machine redirected to Md.
http://hamptonroads.com/2014/08/guantanamobound-mri-machine-redirected-mdGuantanamo-bound MRI machine redirected to Md.
By Carol Rosenberg, The Miami Herald
McClatchy/Tribune
© August 8, 2014
GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba
The curious tale of the missing prison camp MRI machine is only partially solved.
A detention center spokesman said staff did indeed purchase a $1.65 million mobile MRI, short for magnetic resonance imaging machine, some time ago. But someone decided not to have it shipped to this remote U.S. Navy base in southeast Cuba currently holding 149 captives managed by about 2,200 Pentagon staff, mostly soldiers.
“After further analysis, it was determined other modalities (at Guantanamo) could be used to assist with diagnosis and treatment of detainees’ acute medical conditions to include CT scan and ultrasound,” said Navy Capt. Tom Gresback.
On Sept. 28, 2012, Guantanamo’s contracting office awarded a Pennsylvania medical supply firm with the job of delivering a mobile MRI within four months to a port in Jacksonville, where a barge brings supplies to Guantanamo. At that time, a prison spokesman said the purchase could also be used for the outpost’s sailors and other nonprisoners, who traditionally need a week or so to go to Jacksonville for medical treatment.