NCO Medina Álvarez, aged 54, collapsed on his way to work at the PSB (Provincial Support Base) of Qala-e-Naw, He was attended immediately and stabilised by the Role 1 medical services at the base, where he was diagnosed with a possible myocardial infarction.
He was then evacuated by helicopter to the Role 2 campaign hospital in Bala Murghab, from where it was decided to transfer him to the Heart Role 2 facilities. Although resuscitation techniques were attempted during the flight, he was dead on arrival at the FSB (Forward Support Base) of Herat.
The process of returning the body of senior NCO Juan Manuel Medina Álvarez to Spain has already begun.
Born in Jerez de la Frontera (province of Cadiz), Juan Manuel Medina Álvarez was married with one son.
from La Moncola
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from ISAF Regional Command West:
TCol. (OF-4) Francesco Tirino ITA ARMY
Regional Command-West Public Affairs
HERAT, Afghanistan – On June 25, 2012, at 8:00 a funeral honors act was held in Herat Forward Support Base “Camp Arena,” in the memory of Spanish Army Warrant Officer Juan Manuel Medina Alvarez, who deceased yesterday morning.
Regional Command West authorities that attended the ceremony were Gen. Luigi Chiapperini, RCW commander, Col. Gonzalo Sanchez Gamboa, Spanish Senior National representative, Col. Luis Cebrian Carbonell, Chief of Spanish Task Force, and Col. Carlos de Palma Arrabal, chief of Spanish Forward Support Base in Herat.
There were also present in the ceremony representatives of other Units hosted in RCW and about a hundred colleagues of the deceased.
After the ceremony, the coffin was carried shoulder high towards the T-22 Airbus of the 45th Group of Spanish Air Force that should bring him back to Spain.
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