{"id":71,"date":"2010-01-18T12:03:09","date_gmt":"2010-01-18T12:03:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/p=?71"},"modified":"2010-01-18T12:03:09","modified_gmt":"2010-01-18T12:03:09","slug":"ta-medics-working-in-afghanistan-is-so-rewarding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/news\/ta-medics-working-in-afghanistan-is-so-rewarding\/","title":{"rendered":"TA medics: Working in Afghanistan &#8216;is so rewarding&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Two British medics in the Territorial Army who were plucked from hospitals in the UK to help the fight in Afghanistan say what they are doing is very rewarding and a life-changing experience.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to the Daily Telegraph, corporal Clare Waters, a district nurse from Brentwood, Essex, and captain Angus Wilson, a doctor from St Bartholomew&rsquo;s Hospital in London, have been treating troops and local people since October.<\/p>\n<p>Captain Wilson said that by helping sick and injured Afghans has helped win a lot of people over, a big reward in itself, while working in different conditions has brought the best out of them.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;We are giving them lifesaving treatment. So we are helping with hearts and minds. It&rsquo;s a very rewarding job here because in the NHS it&rsquo;s a continuous grind. You can do your job here the way you want to do it,&quot; he told the newspaper.<\/p>\n<p>British medics recently saved the life of six-year-old Rahmadullah, an Afghan boy who was seriously ill with tetanus.<\/p>\n<p>Posted by Mark Wilkins<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"ADNFCR-2867-ID-19562912-ADNFCR\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.directnews.co.uk\/feedtrack\/justcopyright.gif?feedid=2867&amp;itemid=19562912\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two medics reveal what life is like working in AFghanistan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6621,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>TA medics: Working in Afghanistan &#039;is so 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