PROCURING THE TECHNOLOGY
NMLC, as part of Navy Medicine, was in a unique position
to take on the responsibility for procuring the MRI systems. To
secure the MRIs that will aid in the diagnosis and treatment
of mTBI, NMLC has taken the lead in researching, planning
and procuring these systems to support the request from the
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
An initial order was placed for two MRI systems to be
located at the NATO Role 3 Multinational Medical Unit in
Kandahar and the Role 3 trauma hospital in Camp Bastion,
Britain’s main base in Afghanistan. Since the initial order, a
third MRI system has been added to the contract and will
be deployed at the Staff Sgt. Heathe N. Craig Joint Theater
Hospital located on the Bagram Airfield.
“We had the clinical engineering, logistics, legal and
procurement professionals under one roof in addition to the
necessary contracting authority, which has moved NMLC
and Navy Medicine further along in the process and cutting
months off the procurement,” said NMLC Commanding
Officer Capt. J.B. Poindexter, III.