The Walter Reed Scandal (US treatment of its own soldiers)
Posted: Mon Mar 12, 2007 6:29 pm
At least when you have both your arms and both your legs blown off by an IED in Iraq, you know that you'll get the very best treatment upon your return to the states...
Bush formally orders 'wounded warrior' probe
Tue Mar 6, 12:07 PM ET
WASHINGTON (AFP) - US President George W. Bush has ordered the creation of a panel to study ways to fix flawed medical care for US troops wounded in conflicts like Iraq or Afghanistan, the White House said Tuesday.
Bush has picked Republican former senator Bob Dole and Democratic former secretary of health and human services Donna Shalala to lead the commission, which must report back by June 30, said spokeswoman Dana Perino.
The president will meet at the White House Wednesday with the co-chairs of the nine-member panel, dubbed the "wounded warrior" group, she said.
While the commission undertakes a "comprehensive review" amid a growing scandal over flawed care for wounded soldiers, a separate interagency task force will look at "what can be done immediately," she told reporters.
Veterans Affairs Secretary Jim Nicholson will head that group, which will meet for the first time at the White House on Thursday.
The Washington Post broke news of serious problems at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center, a renowned specialty hospital that has treated thousands of amputees and other war wounded from Iraq and Afghanistan.
In a series of grim stories, the Post found that wounded soldiers were living in a building with mold-covered walls, infestations of mice and cockroaches, and holes in the ceiling.
It detailed how soldiers were often lost in the system without medical follow-ups or waiting up to 18 months for a decision on whether they would be returned to duty or discharged with a medical disability.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070306/pl ... CEznhsbEwB
Army surgeon general forced to retire
By PAULINE JELINEK,
Associated Press Writer
8 minutes ago
WASHINGTON - The Army forced its surgeon general, Lt. Gen. Kevin C. Kiley, to retire, officials said Monday, the third high-level official to lose his job over poor outpatient treatment of wounded soldiers at Walter Reed Army Medical Center.
Kiley, who headed Walter Reed from 2002 to 2004, has been a lightning rod for criticism over conditions at the Army's premier medical facility, including during congressional hearings last week. Soldiers and their families have complained about substandard living conditions and bureaucratic delays at the hospital overwhelmed with wounded from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070312/ap_ ... alter_reed
Bush formally orders 'wounded warrior' probe
Tue Mar 6, 12:07 PM ET
WASHINGTON (AFP) - US President George W. Bush has ordered the creation of a panel to study ways to fix flawed medical care for US troops wounded in conflicts like Iraq or Afghanistan, the White House said Tuesday.
Bush has picked Republican former senator Bob Dole and Democratic former secretary of health and human services Donna Shalala to lead the commission, which must report back by June 30, said spokeswoman Dana Perino.
The president will meet at the White House Wednesday with the co-chairs of the nine-member panel, dubbed the "wounded warrior" group, she said.
While the commission undertakes a "comprehensive review" amid a growing scandal over flawed care for wounded soldiers, a separate interagency task force will look at "what can be done immediately," she told reporters.
Veterans Affairs Secretary Jim Nicholson will head that group, which will meet for the first time at the White House on Thursday.
The Washington Post broke news of serious problems at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center, a renowned specialty hospital that has treated thousands of amputees and other war wounded from Iraq and Afghanistan.
In a series of grim stories, the Post found that wounded soldiers were living in a building with mold-covered walls, infestations of mice and cockroaches, and holes in the ceiling.
It detailed how soldiers were often lost in the system without medical follow-ups or waiting up to 18 months for a decision on whether they would be returned to duty or discharged with a medical disability.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070306/pl ... CEznhsbEwB
Army surgeon general forced to retire
By PAULINE JELINEK,
Associated Press Writer
8 minutes ago
WASHINGTON - The Army forced its surgeon general, Lt. Gen. Kevin C. Kiley, to retire, officials said Monday, the third high-level official to lose his job over poor outpatient treatment of wounded soldiers at Walter Reed Army Medical Center.
Kiley, who headed Walter Reed from 2002 to 2004, has been a lightning rod for criticism over conditions at the Army's premier medical facility, including during congressional hearings last week. Soldiers and their families have complained about substandard living conditions and bureaucratic delays at the hospital overwhelmed with wounded from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070312/ap_ ... alter_reed