Army Fixing Patients' Housing
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Walter Reed Army Medical Center began repairs yesterday on Building 18, a former hotel that is used to house outpatients recuperating from injuries suffered in Iraq and Afghanistan and that has been plagued with mold, leaky plumbing and a broken elevator.
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For some amputees in a rehabilitation exercise room at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, recovery means choosing to return to active duty in the U.S. Army.
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WASHINGTON -- Contractors who have worked in Iraq are returning home with the same kinds of combat-related mental health problems that afflict US military personnel, according to contractors, industry officials, and mental health specialists.
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Mental health inpatients have to put up with poor and untherapeutic conditions on the wards, a survey finds.
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SAN ANTONIO - Government health officials are urging stronger infection control procedures in military hospitals following a number of infections among troops wounded in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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SAN ANTONIO, Jan. 29 -- A $50 million high-tech rehabilitation center opened its doors Monday, designed to serve the growing number of U.S. troops who return from war as amputees or with severe burns.
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Behind the door of Army Spec. 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. The entire building, constructed...
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The head of the U.S. Army's flagship military hospital was removed from his post on Thursday due to problems with the care of troops wounded in Iraq and Afghanistan, the Army said.
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Poor living conditions at the main US army hospital are part of a pattern a congressman tells a hearing.
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In a bid to free up blocked beds, patients are being discharged from hospital against their needs, a report shows.
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In the sixth floor speech therapy lab at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, Specialist Hugo Gonzalez is working to rebuild what he&#39;s lost.
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The Army is trying to teach all of its soldiers to recognize symptoms of brain injuries and post-traumatic stress disorder &#151; and not be ashamed of seeking treatment for the signature injuries of the Iraq war.
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Crews from far and near work to restore electricity to places like nursing homes.
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The commission investigating problems in health care for wounded military personnel focused on problems with moving patients through various stages of aid to home care and jobs.
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As part of the largest US attempt at a public-housing makeover, some residents are now being required to work.
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More must be done to ensure patients do not stay in hospital longer than needed, a report finds.
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About 70 wounded soldiers a day have arrived at a U.S. military hospital from Iraq, about double the average before the beginning of the battle to oust Islamic militants from their former Fallujah stronghold, the hospital commander said Sunday.