The facility, which may be a battalion aid station or regimental aid post, is staffed by one or more physicians whose task it is to stabilize patients further and to assess them for transfer to better-equipped facilities.
Every health post is staffed by two females Health Extension Workers (HEWs), who are high school graduated with an extra of one year training course.
Some posts are staffed by coalition forces, while others are the responsibility of the Afghan border police.
While he acknowledged that staffing had been reduced over the years, he said the department's policy mandated that posts be staffed, even if officers are paid overtime.
The shift to a 24-hour duty cycle, meant to instill what commanders called battle rhythm, means that most posts are staffed around the clock and that troops who might have grown accustomed to working in the daylight hours have been ordered to shift their duty to night.
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The health posts were staffed by HEWs.
Rural health posts were staffed only by paramedics.
Rural posts are staffed with one physician, usually a GP.
Most health posts are staffed by two HEWs, though up to four are deployed in larger communities.
