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NSIAD-86-197 1 (1986-09-09)

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             United States
(C  4f)      General Accounting Office


             European Office                         c/o American Consulate General
                                                     APO New York 09213
                                                       September 9, 1986
       B-223889


       General Glen K. Otis
       Commander in Chief
       United States Army, Europe
         and Seventh-Army                                      131459
       ATTN: AEAGX-IA
       APO U.S. Forces 09403

           Subject: Medical Readiness: The U.S. Army Can Improve Its
                     Management of POMCUS Hospital Equipment In Europe
                     (GAO/NSIAD-86-197)

       Dear General Otis:

           As part of our overall review of DOD's plans to acquire,
       preposition, and use Deployable Medical Systems (DEPMEDS), we
       have   recently  completed   a  review   of  the   management   of
       Prepositioned   Overseas  Materiel   Configured   To   Unit   Sets
       (POMCUS) hospital equipment in Europe.     During our review of
       POMCUS hospital equipment, we found that:

           -- U.S. Army, Europe and Seventh Army (USAREUR) may be
              requisitioning   unnecessary   equipment  for   11  POMCUS
              hospitals    that   will   continue    to   have   minimal
              capabilities until they receive DEPMEDS,

           -- USAREUR cannot effectively manage its POMCUS medical
              equipment   because   of   systemic   weaknesses   in   the
              requisitioning procedures,

           -- USAREUR's five POMCUS general hospitals are capable of
              providing only limited wartime medical support, and

           -- USAREUR needs to more closely monitor the equipment
              status of its POMCUS hospitals.

       Information regarding each of these findings is summarized
       below,   and   details   on   our  findings,   conclusions,    and
       recommendations are provided     in the appendix.     A  separate
       report on the results of our overall review is in process, and
       will  be  addressed   to  the  Chairman, House    Armed  Services
       Committee.

       BACKGROUND

           In 1982, the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health


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