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The Medical Treatment and Surgical Suites was a medical facility located on the asteroid colony of Polis Massa. It was here that Padmé Amidala gave birth to twins, Luke and Leia.
Description
The colonists of the Polis Massa asteroid had set up archaeological dig sites with the aim of uncovering the mysteries of the lost natives of the original planet of Polis Massa. These aliens came to be known as Polis Massans themselves, and established a small yet efficient civilization on the arid asteroid. One of the major facilities on Polis Massa was the medical center, used for surgical and research purposes. Artifacts retrieved from the dig sites were brought to the medical facility for examination by Polis Massan exobiologists, who scanned the pieces for organic tissue suitable for cloning. Having learned the secrets of cloning from the natives of Kamino, the Polis Massans were experts in the field, and were renowned for their medical expertise.
The medical facility comprised a series of squat, white buildings and domes, with the main medical center rising slightly higher from the rear of the facility. A landing pad was connected to the facility, allowing those few visitors who traveled to Polis Massa easy access to the medcenter. An observation dome overlooked the compound.
Within the antiseptic interior of the Polis Massa medical facility lay a fully-equipped surgical theater. This operating room was supervised by several Polis Massan exobiologists and medtechs, while a GH-7 medical and midwife droids performed surgery and delivered babies. Wall displays and scanners adorned the chamber, while a transparisteel partition separated the theater from onlookers outside. A single, cushioned operating table stood in the middle of the theater room.
History
- "Medically, she is completely healthy. For reasons we can't explain, we are losing her."
- ―A GH-7 droid, speaking of Padmé Amidala, to Obi-Wan Kenobi, Yoda, and Bail Organa
Padmé Amidala gives birth to Luke and Leia.
Padmé Amidala was brought to the Polis Massa medical facility by Obi-Wan Kenobi following the formation of the Galactic Empire. In a critical condition, and with the birth of her twins imminent, Padmé was tended to by four Polis Massan medtechs and their surgical droids. A midwife droid assisted with Padmé's labor, but the medics were unable to save Amidala. Though the twins were born and adopted by loving families, Padmé died in the operating theater—not due to her injuries, but because, perhaps, a broken heart can never truly be mended.[3]
During the Galactic Civil War, the Kallidahin joined the Rebel Alliance and included the Polis Massa Research Base in the Polis Massa Rebel base, connecting the resarch base to other Rebel facilities on the asteroid via hidden underground tunnels. Nevertheless, the Rebels paid attention to limit their presence in the research base to avoid exposing the Kallidahin unnecessarily at risk, although they made extensive use of the medical center. Rebel doctors and medical technicians supported the local medical staff, primarily Polis Massan droids, and oversaw Rebels undergoing treatment.[1]
Appearances
- Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith (First appearance)
- Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith junior novelization
- The Last of the Jedi: Dark Warning
Non-canon appearances
Sources
- Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith: The Visual Dictionary
- Star Wars: Complete Locations
- Strongholds of Resistance (First identified as Medical Treatment and Surgical Suites)