EXPANSION TO FIELD HOSPITAL CHINANDEGA MEDICAL FACILITY, NICARAGUA (SANITIZED)

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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 9, 2012
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: February 1, 1984
• Content Type: REPORT

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EXPANSION TO FIELD HOSPITAL
CHINANDEGA MEDICAL FACILITY, NICARAGUA (SWN/NOFORN)
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1 . SIGNIFICANCE: THE FIELD HOSPITAL AT THE CIIINANDEGA
MEDICAL FACILITY, REPORTEDLY STAFFED BY SOVIET PERSONNEL,
WAS BEING EXPANDED. (SWN/NOFORN)
COORDINATES T2-37-00N 087-06-2511 (S)
4. COLLATERAL REFERENCE: DIA, PIAPINN 335-3A, 0205007 DEC 83
NICARAGUA: SOVIET HOSPITALS (Sl'%JN/NOFORINI)
These notes have been prepared for briefing purposes only and should not be used for detailed analytical work.
Their use should be restricted to the particular hr iefing board(s) they were prepared for and must he considered
valid only for the reporting period as indicated by the date of
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DNSTRUCTION WAS UNDERWAY TO EXPAND THE EXISTING
SOVIET-STAFFED FIELD HOSPITAL AT THE CIIINANDEGA MEDICAL
FACILITY, 2 NM EAST OF TIIE TOWN OF CIIINANDEGA. THIS
EXPANSION WAS FIRST OBSERVED ON AND
INVOLVED TILE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW MEDICAL FACILITY
SIMILAR TO, AND IN THE OPEN AREA IMMEDIATELY EAST OF, TITE
EXISTING SOVIET-STYLE FIELD HOSPITAL. FEATURES IN TIIE NEW
EXPANSION AREA INCLUPED ONE UST-56 AND TWO USB-56
MEDICAL-ASSOCIATED TENTS AND CONCRETE BASES FOR AN
ADDITIONAL TEN UST-56 AND SEVEN USE-56 TENTS. SEVERAL OF
THESE BASES WERE CONFIGURET) IN A Y-PATTERN, CIIARACTEPISTIC OF
A SOVIET SURGICAL FIELD-UNIT. OTHER NEW FEATURES INCLUDED
POSSIBLE SHOWER STALLS; A LARGE, RECTANGULAR PARKING LOT AND
CONNECTING ACCESS ROAD,; AND LIGHT POLES
RECENTLY INSTALLED THROUGHOUT TITE EXPANSION AREA. (SWN/NOFORN)
TIIE ORIGINAL SOVIET-STYLE FIELD HOSPITAL, Nil1CII WAS BUILT
IN JUNE 1982, OSTENSIBLY TO AID CIVILIAN STORM VICTIMS,
REMAINED ACTIVE. TIIE HOSPITAL CONSISTED OF 19 UST-56 AND
15 USB-56 TENTS (SODA: OF WHICH WERE CONFIGURED IN THE.
SURGICAL UNIT Y-PATTERN), SUPPORT BUTI,FINGS, ANP DEFENSIVE
TRENCIIING. A LARGE FIUL,TIWING TWIT DING IN "T111 CFNTEP OF THE
FIELD HOSPITAL MAY BE A CONVENTIONAL MEDICAL FACILITY WIIICII
ORIGINALLY SERVED CIIINANDEGA. (SWN/NOFORN)
MANAGUA. (U)
CIIINANDEGA IS IN NORTHWEST NICARAGUA, 60 NM NORTIIWLST OF
SECRET
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