[The 7th Field Hospital of the Army of the Czech Republic (ACR) in southern Iraq: statistics of professional activity and aspects of a foreign mission].

The short communication informs about the work of the field hospital in Iraq. From 3rd June till 10th September 2003 there were 123 patients operated on, 184 patients were hospitalized. The hospital exerted 1,194 bed-days, 131 of them at the intensive care unit. The outpatient department treated 6,953 patients. There were 824 X-ray and ultrasonographic examinations and the laboratory performed 7,941 tests. In their practice the physicians encountered a wide spectrum of surgical and non-surgical diagnoses. Other humanitarian activities (material, organization of transport of children to specialized care in the Czech Republic, blood donor activity) were an integral part of the work. The work in non-standard conditions was significantly complicated by the extreme climate and the high safety risk.