A 2026 Return to DMZ: My Medical Diagnosis Run

I still remember the first time I stared at the Black Mous mission board and told myself I would knock out Medical Diagnosis before dinner. In 2026, Warzone 2 DMZ is no longer the newest toy in the Call of Duty cabinet, but it still has a stubborn community of completionists, and I am one of them. So I loaded into Al Mazrah with a Stronghold Keycard in my pocket, a quiet route in mind, and one very specific goal: find and extract all three Medical Documents from the hospitals in Al Mazrah in a single deployment. No pressure. Just three hospital visits, a map full of hostiles, and the distant promise of the Macroburst operator skin, 20,000 XP, and Tier 4 of the Black Mous faction.

Why This Old Mission Still Pulled Me Back

Medical Diagnosis is the Tier 3 Story Mission for the Black Mous faction, and it only asks for one objective. That sounds simple until you realize the objective is to extract three separate Medical Documents from three different hospitals in one run. I had done something similar before with Paperweights, so I knew the rhythm: land safely, move with purpose, loot fast, and do not get greedy. The mission feels eerily familiar, but the hospital corridors give it a different kind of tension. Every room could hide a document, a squad, or a radiation zone waiting to ruin my route.

Before I left the loading screen, I reminded myself of the most important prep step: bag yourself a Stronghold Keycard. All three hospital locations have a small chance of being a Stronghold, and I did not want to lose a run because a door decided to be dramatic. With the keycard ready, I marked the hospitals and started moving.

Stop One: Al Mazrah City Hospital

The first set of Medical Documents is in the Al Mazrah City Hospital, located to the far south of Al Mazrah City, just opposite a gas station. I approached carefully, cleared the lower level, and then made my way up to the second floor. The document was exactly where I hoped it would be: on a shelving unit, right next to one of the entrances to the medical rooms. I grabbed it, checked my corners, and slipped out before a patrol could pin me in the stairwell.

Stop Two: The Train Depot Hospital

The second hospital sits along the train depot between Al-Safwa Quarry and Rohan Oil. This stop felt more exposed, so I kept my head on a swivel and used the buildings as cover. Once inside, I headed to the second floor again. The Medical Documents were sitting atop a hospital bed in one of the medical rooms, more specifically on the far left-hand side of the hospital. I had to check two rooms before I found the right one, but the moment I saw the document glow, I relaxed for exactly one second.

Stop Three: Sawah Village Hospital

The third and final set of Medical Documents is all the way to the south of the map in the Sawah Village Hospital. This area is the most hostile out of the three, and I felt it immediately. A fair amount of Al Qatala soldiers were patrolling here, and there was a real chance the radiation zone would fall on the hospital. I moved slower, used audio cues, and cleared the bottom floor before pushing into the rooms. The documents were on the bottom floor, just atop a stack of wooden boxes. I grabbed them, called out the extraction, and got out before the neighborhood could collapse on me.

The Extraction That Almost Went Wrong

With all three Medical Documents in my backpack, I made my way to exfil and kept repeating the same thing in my head: do not fight unless you have to. I had the documents, but I did not have the mission completed until I successfully extracted with them. That final helicopter ride felt longer than usual. When the screen confirmed the mission, I got the Macroburst operator skin, 20,000 XP, and access to Tier 4 of the Black Mous faction. That is the kind of payoff that keeps me coming back to DMZ in 2026.

My Quick Checklist

Step	What I Did	Why It Mattered
1	Brought a Stronghold Keycard	All three hospitals can become Strongholds
2	Visited Al Mazrah City Hospital	Second floor shelving unit near medical room entrance
3	Visited Train Depot Hospital	Second floor hospital bed on far left side
4	Visited Sawah Village Hospital	Bottom floor atop wooden boxes, most hostile area
5	Extracted with all three documents	Mission only completes after successful exfil

If I were giving advice to another player in 2026, I would say this: treat Medical Diagnosis like a route-planning test, not a firefight. Bring the keycard, move with purpose, and respect Sawah Village. The mission is old, but the tension is not. And when that exfil bird finally rises, you will understand why I still run these Black Mous stories with a smile.