In the fall of 1951 it was decided to increase the personnel from 83 to 105, and on Octothe decision was made to maintain the hospital for the duration of the UN operation in Korea. NORMASH performed on average eight surgeries per day, with variations ranging from 1 to 64, and Doctors could spend 24 hours or more performing surgery on a continual stream of wounded arriving from the front. The unit also treated 172 North Korean and Chinese POWs. (36%), South Korea (33%) and the various British and Commonwealth troops (27%). All told NORMASH treated 90,000 patients, of which the largest groups were the U.S. In the first 40 days NORMASH treated 1,048 patients, of which 23 were civilians. The hospital was later moved to Tongduchon about 40 miles north of Seoul, and was moved a third time to its final location a few miles further north. The hospital consisted of both Nissen huts and tents and had a surgery with four operating tables. NORMASH was first established at Uijongbu, approximately 12 miles north of Seoul.
From Tokyo the personnel were transported to Seoul by military transport aircraft. The trip was a long one both in time and distance, and took the men and women of NORMASH from Stavanger to Tokyo via Munich, Nice, Naples, Beirut, Cairo, Karachi, Calcutta, Bangkok and Hong Kong. The first group of personnel left Norway on the May 16, 1951, the next group left on May 23. On Mathe Norwegian Parliament approved the plan for a Norwegian field hospital. During the first days of 1951 a plan was drafted for a field hospital based on the American Mobile Army Surgical Hospital (MASH) with 60 beds and a staff of 83. On Decemthe Norwegian Red Cross received a request for a hospital to help in Korea.
Norwegian Mobile Army Surgical Hospital ( NORMASH) was the Norwegian field hospital in Korea from 1951 to 1954, participating in the United Nations Command operations in Korea.
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