Soldiers Face Neglect, Frustration at Army's Top Medical Facility
Behind the door of Army Specialist Jeremy Duncan's room, part of the wall is torn and hangs in the air, weighted down with black mold. When the wounded combat engineer stands in his shower and looks up, he can see the bathtub on the floor above through a rotted hole. Signs of neglect are everywhere: mouse droppings, belly-up cockroaches, stained carpets, cheap mattresses. This is the world of Building 18 in the Walter Reed Medical Center, home to hundreds of maimed soldiers recuperating from injuries suffered in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/021807C.shtml
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/021807C.shtml
rudkla - 18. Feb, 22:13
