Ostrovo Unit
The Ostrovo Unit was a Field hospital unit with Transport Coloumn of the Scottish Women's Hospitals. It comprised approximately 200 tents and was situated near Lake Ostrovo, Macedonia during the First World War under the command of the Serbian Army. It was often called The America Unit as the money to fund it came from America and except for a few dressing stations, it was the Allied hospital nearest the front. Beginnings The unit opened in September 1916 soon after the Battle of Malka Nidzhe (Gornichevo ridge). Gornichevo ridge formed the twin summits of Kaimaktsalan, 7,700 and 8,200 feet above sea level. This ridge had to be captured before Monastir ( Bitola on modern British maps) could be re-taken. The first Chief Medical Officer, an Australian, Dr Agnes Elizabeth Lloyd Bennett recorded on the first day that they took 24 cases: "all terribly bad wounds - abdominal, chest, head and compound fractures". On 25 September she wrote: "We now have 160 cases, all bad and it is ter ...
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Ostrovo Unit - Scottish Women's Hospital
Ostrovo may refer to: *Arnissa, a town in Greece formerly called Ostrovo * Ostrovo, Croatia, a village near Markušica, Vukovar-Syrmia County, Croatia *Ostrovo, Veliko Gradište, a village in Serbia *Ostrovo, Požarevac, a village in Serbia *Ostrovo (island), a river island in Serbia *Ostrovo, Bulgaria, a village in Razgrad Province, Bulgaria *Ostrovo (Skopje), a part of Skopje, Macedonia * Lake Ostrovo or Lake Vergoritis in Macedonia, northern Greece {{geodis ...
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