Swift Action Promised at Walter Reed
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The White House and congressional leaders called yesterday for swift investigation and repair of the problems plaguing outpatient care at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, as veterans groups and members of Congress in both parties expressed outrage over substandard housing and the slow, dysfunctional...
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As head of the Armyâs Institute of Surgical Research, Col. John Holcomb is working to change the way the military takes care of its wounded.
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Army officials plan to  revise the command structure at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, installing a nonmedical general officer as deputy commander to ensure that administrative operations run smoothly, in the wake of reports of  serious problems with outpatient care at the facility, officials said yesterday....
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The assault on the city was accompanied by a pledge from U.S. officials to rebuild it after the offensive was complete. But keeping that promise may prove more difficult than anticipated.
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Francis J. Harvey was forced to resign over the handling of revelations that wounded soldiers were receiving shabby and slow treatment at Walter Reed Army Medical Center.
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Every day for weeks on end, injured Army pilot Joseph Luciano talked to an answering machine at Walter Reed hospital, trying to get an appointment for a heart scan. Then he called the Army's new Wounded Soldier and Family Hotline. Within six hours, he got the appointment &#151; along with an apology from the colonel who heads Walter Reed Army Medical Center's radiology department.
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President Bush today ordered a "comprehensive review" of care for wounded service members and announced that he is setting up a new bipartisan commission to conduct it, as the administration sought to deal with reports of festering problems in outpatient care at Walter Reed Army Medical Center.
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A combat-arms brigadier general from Fort Knox will take over as deputy commanding general of Walter Reed Army Medical Center, a move that Army officials said yesterday will allow medical commanders to focus on health care while battle-hardened field officers work to regain the trust of wounded soldiers....
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It was the kind of exchange that U.S. troops are counting on.
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When the first congressional hearing about the care of wounded soldiers at Walter Reed Army Medical Center opens this morning in a campus auditorium, many eyes will turn to Lt. Gen. Kevin C. Kiley, who has served as the Army's top doctor since he gave up command of the hospital in 2004. The hearing...
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By getting damaged air bases up and running, rapid-deployment groups expedite the flow of disaster aid.
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Ray Oliva went into the spare bedroom in his home in Kelseyville, Calif., to wrestle with his feelings. He didn't know a single soldier at Walter Reed, but he felt he knew them all. He worried about the wounded who were entering the world of military health care, which he knew all too well. His own...
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As several House committees prepared to delve into the scandal at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, outraged lawmakers vowed quick action and called for an independent commission to examine poor conditions for soldiers wounded in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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Some quotes from the House subcommittee hearing investigating the conditions at Walter Reed Army Medical Center on Monday:
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A Pentagon review board investigating conditions at Walter Reed Army Medical Center heard testimony yesterday from injured soldiers and their families describing continued bureaucratic snafus and problems with patient treatment more than three weeks after such problems were disclosed in the media.
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Spurred by the scandal at Walter Reed Army Medical Center and what some call other federal failures to provide care to returning soldiers, several Maryland lawmakers and Gov. Martin O'Malley's administration have introduced legislation to create new benefits and enhance services for veterans.
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Ever since Army Staff Sgt. Ryan Kelly lost his right leg to a roadside bomb near Baghdad more than a year ago, he has been on a mission. It was more than just learning how to walk again on a prosthetic limb or figuring out what to do with his life after 13 months at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington. Kelly, 24, of Prescott, Ariz., saw a need to help other wounded soldiers and their families cope with the financial struggles that come with months of rehabilitation.