Wednesday, September 29, 2004
nearly 16,000 soldiers sick or wounded
Just read a heartbreaking story in the Toronto Star about Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Germany where US soldiers are taken when they are sicked or wounded.
I hadn't fully realized how high the number of wounded and sick soldiers is, or considered the emotional toll of the war on the medical personnel. According to the article, nearly 16,000 soldiers have been evacuated to the medical center since March 2003.
The article notes that before the war in Iraq, the medical center received about 10 patients a day. Now they get 30-55 patients a day from Iraq and Afghanistan alone.
What's especially striking in this article is the interview with the wife of an injured soldier who plans to thwart her young children's interest in continuing the family' tradition of military service.
Welcome to the legacy of George W Bush...
¶ 1:30 PM
Just read a heartbreaking story in the Toronto Star about Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Germany where US soldiers are taken when they are sicked or wounded.
I hadn't fully realized how high the number of wounded and sick soldiers is, or considered the emotional toll of the war on the medical personnel. According to the article, nearly 16,000 soldiers have been evacuated to the medical center since March 2003.
The article notes that before the war in Iraq, the medical center received about 10 patients a day. Now they get 30-55 patients a day from Iraq and Afghanistan alone.
What's especially striking in this article is the interview with the wife of an injured soldier who plans to thwart her young children's interest in continuing the family' tradition of military service.
Welcome to the legacy of George W Bush...
¶ 1:30 PM
