Medical Facility Tours

Images showcasing medical professionals and officials visiting healthcare facilities, highlighting discussions and evaluations of medical services.

Patient providing feedback to an audiologist for hearing aid programming

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne and aides to St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, for touring of the Roy Lester Schneider Hospital, University of Virgin Islands Sports and Fitness Center, and scenic locales, as well as discussions with National Park Service personnel and Virgin Islands officials

Eagle, Alaska, Aug. 7, 2013 Federal Coordinating Officer (FCO) Dolph A. Diemont (R) and State Coordinating Officer (SCO) Bryan Fisher (C) tour the newly constructed medical facility with head nurse Pamela Jackson (L). A severe flood destroyed the previous medical center in 2009 and FEMA partnered with the State of Alaska to relocate the hospital to higher ground. Adam DuBrowa/FEMA.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Patient providing feedback to an audiologist for hearing aid programming

Reportage in the Rossetti Centre in Nice, France, during Professor Griffets monthly consultations. He is an orthopedic surgeon from Grenoble Hospital, and founder of this centre. This young teenager suffers from neurofibromatosis and also has scoliosis, one of the complications of this disease. The professor looks for an overall imbalance using a plumb line.

Eagle, Alaska, Aug. 7, 2013 Federal Coordinating Officer (FCO) Dolph A. Diemont (C) and State Coordinating Officer (SCO) Bryan Fisher (R) tour the newly constructed medical facility with Doctor Bruce Atkinson (L). A severe flood destroyed the previous medical center in 2009 and FEMA partnered with the State of Alaska to relocate the hospital to higher ground. Adam DuBrowa/FEMA.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Incident Management Team - 26-HK-157-59. Hurricane Katrina

110524-F-ET173-071MANTA, Ecuador (May 24, 2011) Latter-day Saints Charities registered nurse Kacie Egbert talks with patients before surgery aboard the Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) during Continuing Promise 2011. Continuing Promise is a five-month humanitarian assistance mission to the Caribbean, Central and South America.

Joint Task Force-Bravo leadership speak with Dr. Carlos Sánchez, the director of Hospital Escuela, during a visit to Hospital Escuela in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, July 29, 2022. HEART 22 is a U.S. Southern Command operation led by JTF-B meant to strengthen partnerships and build resiliency.

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes, Ottawa, Ohio, September 1, 2007 FEMA representative Julie Sanchez speaks with a resident affected by the recent Ohio floods at the Ottawa Disaster Recovery Center (DRC). DRCs are opened to give residents a place to ask questions about the FEMA recovery process. Mark Wolfe/FEMA.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne and aides to St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, for touring of the Roy Lester Schneider Hospital, University of Virgin Islands Sports and Fitness Center, and scenic locales, as well as discussions with National Park Service personnel and Virgin Islands officials

Photo essay in a country doctor's office, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France.

Office of the Administrator - Boston - Administrator Gina McCarthy visiting Boston Children's Hospital , Environmental Protection Agency

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne and aides to St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, for touring of the Roy Lester Schneider Hospital, University of Virgin Islands Sports and Fitness Center, and scenic locales, as well as discussions with National Park Service personnel and Virgin Islands officials

Two project engineers talking about the job, one in a wheelchair with a Spinal Cord Injury

Pacific Islands Tour: Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne and aides to Kwajalein Atoll, of the Republic of Marshall Islands

011092011 Red Cross Volunteers assist survivors of the Texas wi. Texas Wildfires. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

A resident of the Virginia Veterans Care Center listens to U.S. Navy Band country/bluegrass ensemble Country Current during the band's 2022 national tour.

Pacific Islands Tour: Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne and aides to Kwajalein Atoll, of the Republic of Marshall Islands

Reportage Lille's Institut Pasteur (IPL) in France. Therapeutic education for patients suffering from type 2 diabetes. The aim of this therapeutic workshop is to increase awareness among voluntary patients of the importance of exercise and healthy diet. Patients must classify various forms of exercise.

First aid training courses given by the French Red Cross.

Discussion, meeting and x ray with doctors in hospital together for advice, feedback or consulting. Conversation, planning and radiology with medical people in clinic for assessment or healthcare

Community Relations talks with Fire victim... Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Hurricane Katrina, D'Iberville, Miss., October 24, 2005 -- Captain Vito Garuccio (right) of the Carnival cruise ship Holiday speaks with a resident of the Red Cross shelter in D'Iberville about living aboard the ship. The captain was visiting Red Cross shelters in Mississippi in search of residents desiring to move aboard the ship.

Office of the Administrator - Boston - Administrator Gina McCarthy visiting Boston Children's Hospital , Environmental Protection Agency

Physiotherapy center specializing in hand, elbow and shoulder pathologies before or after operation.

Sanford, FL, (Oct. 10, 2022) - FEMA Disaster Recovery Center at the Seminole State College in Sanford, Florida. Hurricane Ian survivors can meet with FEMA and other agencies to receive information and aid in their recovery process. Robert Kaufmann/FEMA

Photo essay in a country doctor's office, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France.

$Ophthalmology office. Refractometer, a device for measuring refractive indices. Masked patient and doctor - Covid 19.$

Flooding - Minot, N. D. , June 27, 2011 Robin Finegan, FEMA Region VIII Administrator, listens to disaster survivors, at the . North Dakota Flooding. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Orlando, FL, October 9, 2022 - FEMA Disaster Recovery Center opens in Orlando providing multiple services and organizations to help survivor's recovery needs. Robert Kaufmann/FEMA

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (Oct. 14, 2022) - Capt. Sharon House, Naval Hospital Jacksonville director, explains proposed upgrades and future pharmacy changes to Robert Goodman, Chief Financial Officer / Director, Financial Operations Directorate (J8) for the Defense Health Agency, and other hospital leaders. During a routine site visit, Goodman met hospital leadership, received a command brief, and toured various departments. Goodman and his team oversee the financial management and facilities operations of the medical military treatment facilities and the TRICARE Managed Care Support Contracts.

011091411 Media interviews with survivors of the Bastrop fires. Texas Wildfires. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Maureen Robinson, spouse of Lt. Gen. Brian Robinson, commander of Air Education and Training Command, visits the Sexual Assault Prevention and Response (SAPR) office at Little Rock Air Force Base, Arkansas, Aug. 16, 2022. During the tour, Robinson was introduced to the Shades of Healing mural that showcases the five stages of healing that victims go through after a sexual assault.

Office of the Administrator - Boston - Administrator Gina McCarthy visiting Boston Children's Hospital , Environmental Protection Agency

Hurricane Rita, Lake Charles, La., October 11, 2005 - As Walter Pendleton, a medic from Greenwich, Ct., gets ready to receive a Hepatitis "A" innoculation from nurse Kecia Cowden of Des Moines, Ia., a Mercy Health Network nurse, another Mercy nurse, Gretchen Crooks (right) of Maso City, Ia. and Doctor Thoma Benzoni of Sioux City, Ia. review a patient's shot record. These three Iowa medical personnel are in Louisiana as part of a Disaster Medical Assistance Team providing innoculations to disaster workers and people affected by Hurricanre Rita. Win Henderson / FEMA.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Columbia, SC, August 31, 2006 Coast Guard Admiral John Currier (center) speaks with FEMA staff in the Mobile Emergency Response Vehicle (MEOV). The MEOV has been deployed to prepare for the landfall of Tropical Storm Ernesto. Mark Wolfe/FEMA.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne and aides to St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, for touring of the Roy Lester Schneider Hospital, University of Virgin Islands Sports and Fitness Center, and scenic locales, as well as discussions with National Park Service personnel and Virgin Islands officials

Master Chief Hospital Corpsman Phillip Jean-Gilles, from Miami, USS Gerald R. Ford's (CVN 78) executive assistant to the command master chief, speaks with Air Force veteran Phil Avery during a visit to the Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation Hospital in Grand Rapids, Michigan, as part of a namesake visit, September 1, 2022. Twelve Ford Sailors traveled to Michigan for the ships annual namesake visit to learn about the legacy of former President Gerald R. Ford and connect with local community members in Grand Rapids, Ann Arbor and Albion, Michigan.

U.S. Air Force Capt. Benjamin Irmen, 31st Medical Group executive officer, left, briefs local Italian host nation providers on 31st MDG pharmacy operations during a 31st MDG Open House event at Aviano Air Base, Italy, June 9, 2022. During the event host nation partners toured different parts of the 31st MDG facilities and learned about the 31st MDG mission: to supply agile trusted care, sustain ready medics and provide a premier patient experience.

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to the Department of Defense's Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, Landstuhl, Germany

IA Interview at Nassau DRC.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Leon County DRC.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Spc. Logan Justice (center), a practical nursing specialist with Weed Army Community Hospital, gives a tour of a labor and delivery room April 9 during the Baby Expo at Weed ACH on Fort Irwin, Calif. During the event, Fort Irwin family members had the opportunity to tour the unit and ask questions. (Photo by Kimberly Hackbarth / Weed ACH Public Affairs Office)

Hurricane Katrina, D'Iberville, Miss., October 24, 2005 -- Captain Vito Garuccio (left) of the Carnival cruise ship Holiday speaks with a resident of the Red Cross shelter in D'Iberville about living aboard the ship. The captain was visiting Red Cross shelters in Mississippi in search of residents desiring to move aboard the ship.

Office of the Administrator - Boston - Administrator Gina McCarthy visiting Boston Children's Hospital , Environmental Protection Agency

PHILADELPHIA, PN - (January 24, 2024) - Navy Surgeon General Darin K. Via, commander Bureau of Navy Medicine and Surgery (BUMED), listens to a presentation from leadership and staff of Penn Medicine at Penn Presbyterian Medical Center in Philadelphia on Jan. 24. During his visit Via spoke with University of Pennsylvania Health System and Navy leadership about the importance of civilian partnerships and the value of the skills and experience gained by Sailors assigned there. The partnership was established in 2021 as part of an educational spearhead to increase the experience and proficiency of Navy providers in trauma medicine.

Disabled people talking in workshop

Hurricane Wilma, Plantation, FL, October 28, 2005-FEMA Disaster Mecical Assistance Team Doctor Allene Jackson, left, OK-1, talks to a patient at a DMAT set up next to Westside Regional Hospital to help with the increase of patients to the emergency room due to Hurricane Wilma.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Mobile hospital equipment training. Mississippi Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne and aides to St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, for touring of the Roy Lester Schneider Hospital, University of Virgin Islands Sports and Fitness Center, and scenic locales, as well as discussions with National Park Service personnel and Virgin Islands officials

hospital volunteer receptionist greets patient, CA

VING Ms. Williana Doctrine, the sexual assault response coordinator, greets personnel and pins on teal ribbons to incoming travelers kicking off SAAPM 2022, April 1.The month of April is Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month (SAAPM). The Virgin Islands National Guard has zero tolerance for any acts of sexual assault or violence and takes every opportunity to make awareness of this terrible crime.

011062311 FEMA provides temporary housing for AR storm survivor. Arkansas Severe Storms, Tornadoes, And Associated Flooding. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Inmate in cell.

Severe Storm - St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands, August 4, 2011 Members of the FEMA Region 2 IMAT and the Virgin IslandsTerritorial Emergency Management Agency (VITEMA) participate in a video teleconference on the updated IAP protocols. The teleconference provided valuable guidance on the development of an effective Incident Action Plan.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Maj. Brian Ahern, senior research director at William Beaumont Army Medical Center, stands among his publications after his selection for the 2022 Mary Lipscomb Hamrick (MLH) New Horizon Research Award. This award is given to people who have shown excellence in publishing peer-reviewed articles with major military medical significance. The award ceremony for Ahern will take place in August.

Dr. Timothy McMahon, left, Armed Forces Medical Examiner System Department of Defense DNA Operations director, briefs honorary commanders and civic leaders during a tour of the DNA reference card repository at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, July 22, 2022. Since 1992, DNA reference cards containing a blood sample of U.S. service members have been collected and stored in the repository.

Anniston, Ala., May 3, 2014 Veterans Health Administration personnel, representing multiple VA medical centers, occupy the hospital's command center as a simulated mass casualty incident unfolds at the Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) in Anniston, Ala.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to the Department of Defense's Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, Landstuhl, Germany

NORTH CHICAGO, Il. (April 26, 2022) Mental Health Residential Rehabilitation Program Manager Dr. Noam Wittlin (middle) cuts the ribbon held by Domiciliary Assistant Robert Heaven (left) and Domiciliary Assistant Supervisor Feltus Sterling (right) for the newly remodeled kitchen for Building 66 residents at the Captain James A. Lovell Federal Health Care Center. Lovell FHCC is the first-of-its-kind, and only, federal health care center that integrates Department of Defense and Department of Veterans Affairs medical care into a single combined mission.

Hazelwood, MO, August 17, 2022--Disaster Survivor Assistance (DSA) Crews are out in the area affected by the heavy rains and flash floods in July. DSA crews go into communities within days of a disasters, walking through affected areas or set up in small groups in a neighborhood facility. They are equipped to help residents apply for assistance, even in the toughest conditions. (Photo by Steve Zumwalt / FEMA)

Binghamton NY Lourdes Hospital flood Wall. New York Hurricane Irene. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Michigan healthcare workers activate the hospitalcommand center and effectively drive a medical response to a simulated mass-casualty incident. Nearly 140 healthcare personnel, representing more than 25 Michigan hospitals, attended training.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

KINGSTON, Jamaica (Oct. 30, 2019) Hospitalman Morgan Bishop, assigned to the hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20), performs an eye exam on a man at a temporary medical treatment site in Kingston, Jamaica, Oct. 30, 2019. Comfort is working with health and government partners in Central America, South America, and the Caribbean to provide care on the ship and at land-based medical sites, helping to relieve pressure on national medical systems, including those strained by an increase in cross-border migrants.

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Vanessa Flores, Air Force Personnel Center Headquarters medical retentions standards superintendent, instructs Air Force Medical Home personnel through Zoom during an AFMH Operations course, April 28, 2022, at Luke Air Force Base, Arizona. This course integrated clinical processes with administrative operations concepts, which gives AFMH personnel the tools to provide the highest quality medical care possible to military members and their families.

Wounded Warrior Aircraft Program participants meet each week to design remote-controlled drones as part of the rehabilitative process approved by Walter Reeds Occupational Medicine Department. From left to right: William Kahl (American Red Cross), U.S. Navy E-4 Jamie Dziak, retired U.S. Navy Capt. (Dr.) Jay Montgomery, and retired U.S. Coast Guard LCDR Len Greig, a helicopter rescue pilot and a certified flight instructor.

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne and aides to St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, for touring of the Roy Lester Schneider Hospital, University of Virgin Islands Sports and Fitness Center, and scenic locales, as well as discussions with National Park Service personnel and Virgin Islands officials

Mark Wagoner, a pastor with the First Church of God, speaks with members of Appalachian Care Innovative Readiness Training (IRT) 2022 as part of community outreach to increase awareness of the mission at Neon, Ky., Aug. 20, 2022. IRT is a Department of Defense (DoD) military training opportunity, exclusive to the United States and its territories, that delivers joint training opportunities to increase deployment readiness. Simultaneously, IRT provides key services (health care, construction, transportation, and cybersecurity) with lasting benefits for our American communities.

Capt. Kelly Bean, 375th Dental Squadron dentist, enjoys a moment with her peers during a free dental clinic in St. Louis, Missouri, July 15, 2022.Mission of Mercy clinics have helped more than 254,000 patients and have provided nearly $166 million in free dental services.

Senator Wayne Allard, R-Colo., meets with supporters at an inner city medical clinic

Galena, Alaska, Aug. 18, 2013 Linda Geise with the American Red Cross washes disaster survivors clothes at the temporary housing facility. At the temporary housing building, FEMA provides laundry services, hot showers and comfortable rooms to those individuals that were affected by severe flooding and displaced from their residences. Adam DuBrowa/ FEMA.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne and aides to St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, for touring of the Roy Lester Schneider Hospital, University of Virgin Islands Sports and Fitness Center, and scenic locales, as well as discussions with National Park Service personnel and Virgin Islands officials

221204-N-LP924-1130 AZUA, Dominican Republic (Dec. 4, 2022) José Matos, the Vice Minister of Quality Assurance for the Dominican Republic, visits a medical site in Azua, Dominican Republic, as part of Continuing Promise 2022, Nov. 4, 2022. Comfort is deployed to U.S. 4th Fleet in support of Continuing Promise 2022, a humanitarian assistance and goodwill mission conducting direct medical care, expeditionary veterinary care, and subject matter expert exchanges with five partner nations in the Caribbean, Central and South America.

Texas, Sep. 12, 2013 FEMA Region VI employees Denise Bordelon (left) and Diane Dooley (right) practice splinting an arm during a National Preparedness Month Event held at FEMA Region VI. .. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Laura Dogu, U.S. Ambassador to Honduras, speaks to members of the dental office before the Health Engagements Assistance Response Team (HEART) 2022 closing ceremony at Hospital Escuela in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, Aug. 11, 2022. During their four weeks in Honduras, HEART 22 supported approximately 750 patients and donated more than $50,000 in equipment to Hospital Escuela and Hospital San Felipe.

Office of the Administrator - Boston - Administrator Gina McCarthy visiting Boston Children's Hospital , Environmental Protection Agency

HONIARA, Solomon Islands (Sept. 3, 2022) - Hospital Corpsman Chief Melinda Canales, from Quezon Province, Philippines, left, conducts a tour of the biomedical room for the Solomon Islands Biomedical Repair team aboard Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) during Pacific Partnership 2022. Now in its 17th year, Pacific Partnership is the largest annual multinational humanitarian assistance and disaster relief preparedness mission conducted in the Indo-Pacific. Pacific Partnership is a unifying mission that fosters enduring friendships and cooperation among many nations. The years mission in Solomon Islands will include participants from the United States, Japan and Australia

VING Ms. Williana Doctrine, the sexual assault response coordinator, greets personnel and pins on teal ribbons to incoming travelers kicking off SAAPM 2022, April 1.The month of April is Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month (SAAPM). The Virgin Islands National Guard has zero tolerance for any acts of sexual assault or violence and takes every opportunity to make awareness of this terrible crime.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (Sept. 9, 2022) - Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Deandre Blake updates a quality improvement board at Naval Hospital Jacksonvilles Orthopedics Clinic. Blake, a native of Lauderdale Lakes, Florida, says, “This informational board gives patients an understanding of the purpose, goals and benefits of their treatment.”

Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, (WRNMMC) department of nursing services (DNS) leaders celebrated Medical-Surgical Nurses Week delivering donuts to the medical facilitys medical surgical nurses, Nov. 4. Delivering donuts is one of several ways were thanking our med-surg nurses for everything they do, shared Beard. These nurses are the foundation of nursing; matter of fact, they are the foundation and backbone of any medical facility.Beard says she and the nursing leaders make an effort to recognize the hard work and contribution of med-surg nurses year-round, not limiting it to the week-long observance. (DoD Photograph by Harvey A. Duze - Office of Command Communications, WRNMMC)

Expedition 36 & 37 crew members during Emergency Scene - 6 Crew training in ISS Mockups. Photo Date: January 15, 2013. Location: Building 9NW - ISS Mockups.

Visit to GRC by the Deputy Administrator, James Morhard

060729-N-3931M-010. Base: Banda Aceh Country: Indonesia (IDN)

Office of the Administrator - Boston - Administrator Gina McCarthy visiting Boston Children's Hospital , Environmental Protection Agency

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to the Fisher House facility for families of patients undergoing treatment at the Department of Defense's Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, Landstuhl, Germany

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-FORT SAM HOUSTON - (April 7, 2022) - Dr. Yoon Hwang, a research microbiologist assigned to Naval Medical Research Unit (NAMRU) San Antonios Maxillofacial Injury and Disease Department, briefs research on the application of phage display for the development of a novel antivenom against western cottonmouth snakes to Capt. William Deniston, commander of Naval Medical Research Center (NMRC), U.S. Pacific Fleet Surgeon Capt. Michael McGinnis, and other science subject matter experts from Navy Medicine during a tour of NAMRU San Antonio facilities at the Battlefield Health and Trauma Building. NAMRU San Antonios mission is to conduct gap driven combat casualty care, craniofacial, and directed energy research to improve survival, operational readiness, and safety of Department of Defense personnel engaged in routine and expeditionary operations. It is one of the leading research and development laboratories for the U.S. Navy under the DoD and is one of eight subordina

Mark Starnes, emergency manager for Naval Medical Center Camp Lejeune monitors weather radars for the Camp Lejeune area. Part of the responsibility of the Emergency Management Department is to monitor weather conditions which could hinder safety and operations of the Medical Center.

Ambassador Jennifer Johnson, U.S. ambassador to the Federated States of Micronesia, gives opening remarks during the Chuuk closing ceremony aboard the hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19), anchored off Chuuk, Federated States of Micronesia, as part of Pacific Partnership 2024-1, Jan. 20, 2024. Pacific Partnership, now in its 19th iteration, is the largest multinational humanitarian assistance and disaster relief preparedness mission conducted in the Indo-Pacific and works to enhance regional interoperability and disaster response capabilities, increase security stability in the region, and foster new and enduring friendships.

Black woman trying on glasses at optometrist

Office of the Administrator - Boston - Administrator Gina McCarthy visiting Boston Children's Hospital , Environmental Protection Agency

Maj. (Dr.) Joseph Fantony, urologist at Womack Army Medical Center stands beside equipment in procedure room June 3, 2022.

110717-N-NY820-191ACAJUTLA, El Salvador (July 17, 2011) Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Ricardo Ramirez, from Colombia, talks with optometry patients during a Continuing Promise 2011 community service medical project at the Instituto Nacional de Acajutla medical site. Continuing Promise is a five-month humanitarian assistance mission to the Caribbean, Central and South America.

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne and aides to St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, for touring of the Roy Lester Schneider Hospital, University of Virgin Islands Sports and Fitness Center, and scenic locales, as well as discussions with National Park Service personnel and Virgin Islands officials

Flooding Hurricane/Tropical Storm - Schoharie, N. Y. , September 4, 2011 Rick Lippman, who was helping in the cleanup of Schoharie after Hurricane Irene receives a tetanus shot from Kathy Saunders, R. N. The Schoharie County Dept. of Health was on hand to dispense free tetanus shots. Tetanus is a disease that can be acquired from an injury or trauma that results in a break of the skin such as a puncture wound from nails, or a cut or scrape. FEMA Photo/Judith Grafe. New York Hurricane Irene. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Portrait of smiling medical team in hospital

Sentor Wayne Allard, R-Colo., meets with supporters at an inner city medical clinic

Office of the Administrator - Boston - Administrator Gina McCarthy visiting Boston Children's Hospital , Environmental Protection Agency

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