Fort Lewis to open Madigan Army Medical Center to media

[flamingyouth]

In the wake of growing concerns about how the nation cares for its wounded men and women in uniform, Army inspectors are preparing to fan out to study patient care and building conditions at medical centers on 11 posts in seven states, including Fort Lewis.

And at Fort Lewis, officials will open Madigan Army Medical Center, criticized by advocates for the soldiers Tuesday in the Seattle P-I for its treatment of wounded veterans, to tours by reporters and photographers today.

Fort Lewis officials made the move after the founder of one of the nation's powerful non-profit military and family support organizations, Operation Homefront, and other veterans group volunteers, raised red flags about problems there.

The intense scrutiny nationwide of military medical care has arisen in the wake of conditions in a building housing wounded soldiers at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C., considered one of the nation's premier military medical centers. So far an Army general has been relieved and the secretary of the Army fired while Congress holds hearings.

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/306341_madigan07.html

[skooooo]

1. Good!

Finally the wheels are turning.

[rasputin1952]

2. When I was at Ft Lewis, Madigan was pretty decent...

at least care-wise. It certainly needed an update, but it had fine personnel...I should know, I was one of them...:)

This was back in '80-81 so anything could have happened by then, I sure hope they are treating those there well...:patriot:

The VA out at American Lake was getting pretty old too, but the golf course was always kept up...:eyes:

[flamingyouth]

3. Hi Ras

:hug:

[rasputin1952]

4. Hi FY....

another day away from the sea, I tell ya, I miss the salt air...:hug:

Well...not when it is Low Tide and the mud flats are open to the air...

:D

[chknltl]

5. American Lake: Old yes but....

That is my primary place to go for all medical needs. Every now and then some Government study group looks at it as a place to be closed.... I really do NOT want to travel up to Seattle in order to satisfy my medical needs. If we simply stopped wasting $$$ in Iraq there would be more than ample $$$ to fix this place up. Indead, it does have a pretty and well mantained golf course though.

[rasputin1952]

6. I used to go out there from time to time for all kinds of things...

including a quick 9 if I fit it in.

As for the $$$ spent by this administration on this war and its upkeep, not only could we ensure excellent medical care for every vet, but just about everyone else in this country, as well as feed the hungry and warm the cold.