Medical Services

Medical Services - Union Fleet Division

The United Stars Fleet Medical Division is under the shared authority of Fleet, and the Science Corps.

Fleet Medical personnel is under the authority of Fleet Command and receives pay and orders from fleet. However training and education is handled by the medical sciences branch of the Science Corps.

There are currently 400,000 hospital ships in operation. Each Union Fleet has at least 3 Hospital ships assigned. The rest operates fleet independent and each Union Space Region has at least one Hospital Ship assigned.

MSUFD also operates a number of stationary hospitals, convalescence facilities for wounded service personnel and specialty clinics for the treatment of special need life forms and medical specialties.

There is a Research group and a Medical Technology evaluation and development department.

All medical devices, tools such as Med bots utilized by the fleet are tested and evaluated by MSUFD.

Medical Equipment for the fleet is purchased and appropriated by this Fleet Division.

All sickbays on all Union ships and stations are under MSUFD authority and subject to inspections.

Its headquarter is on Sares III and its current Commandant is Admiral Kindelle Chief Surgeon MD Union Fleet. (As of 5050)

Fleet Medical operates the Union Fleet Hospital Ships and provides the personnel for the Hospital ships operated under the Science Council authority.



Medical Fleet personnel has a combat exempt status and do not have to participate in combat training, weapon training or take active combat roles in any mission. By long standing tradition medical personnel is unarmed. [1]

All CMO s and Mos must graduate from Fleet Medical School, ( candidates with a previous MD from a Union accredited med school can go on a fast track program)





<p lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom:0cm">[1] this does not include Union Fleet officers cross trained in medical skills. As all Union Officers must have medical proficiency training of Med Tech Level one at least (usually trained during the Midshipman /4th year of Officer Training.

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