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	Behind the walls of Ward 54 - Salon
		For example, Walter Reed favors group therapy over one-on-one counseling; and the group therapy is mostly administered by a rotating cast of medical students and residents, not full-fledged doctors or veterans.
		In written statements to Salon, Walter Reed said the mental and physical health of patients is the hospital's top priority and described its PTSD treatment regimen as being in line with modern medical standards.
		The hospital also cited a recent survey in which 42 out of 45 psychiatric inpatients surveyed, or 94 percent, felt that their care was either outstanding or good.
	www.salon.com /news/feature/2005/02/18/walter_reed/index.html (1291 words)

	Online NewsHour: Walter Reed Army Medical Center Set to Close -- August 25, 2005
		It is as you said a general hospital so it meant it always had a first rate surgical department, pathology department, internal medicine and even had an excellent pediatrics ward so the care there was as good as the care delivered anywhere in the world during its 96-year history.
		Hospitals are very special places; they're places where's dramas unfold daily; they're places of tragedy and triumph and where people work and given their energies to them.
		The new hospital would be a combination of both the Naval Medical Corps and the Army Medical Corps, but I have faith in the tradition of the Walter Reed military hospital that it will continue to do great things in the 21st Century in its new incarnation.
	www.pbs.org /newshour/bb/military/july-dec05/walterreed_8-25.html (1602 words)

	War casualties overflow Walter Reed hospital - The Washington Times: Metropolitan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Officials at Walter Reed Army Medical Center are referring some outpatients to nearby hotels because casualties from operations in Afghanistan and Iraq have overloaded the hospital's convalescence facility.
		Walter Reed has been at maximum capacity since Operation Enduring Freedom began in Afghanistan in 2001, Mr.
		Walter Reed physicians describe the conditions of other inpatients as ranging from fair to good.
	www.washtimes.com /metro/20030804-121425-6485r.htm (640 words)

	War casualties overflow Walter Reed hospital
		Stueve could not specify how many soldiers are in hotels, but said Walter Reed is referring about 20 patients or their relatives to hotels each day.
		The Army hospital and its convalescence facility, Mologne House, are at maximum occupancy capacity, with 96 percent of their outpatient beds filled with war wounded.
		Walter Reed has treated about 750 patients from Operation Iraqi Freedom since the war began, 185 of whom have been battle casualties.
	www.informationclearinghouse.info /article4354.htm (559 words)

	Renowned Walter Reed hospital would close under Pentagon plan \| The San Diego Union-Tribune
		Under the plan, the shuttering of Walter Reed would involve moving some of its staff and services from the nation's capital to an expanded health care facility on the campus of the National Naval Medical Center in nearby Bethesda, Md. The new facility would be given the Walter Reed name, officials said.
		Walter Reed hospital opened in 1909 and has treated presidents, members of Congress and foreign leaders, in addition to members of the armed forces and veterans.
		Creating the expanded facility in Bethesda – to be renamed the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center at Bethesda – and building the hospital at Fort Belvoir will cost a combined $1 billion, said Taylor, who directed a multi-service group that developed the overall plan for changing the medical care delivery system.
	www.signonsandiego.com /uniontrib/20050514/news_1n14walter.html (612 words)

	Walter Reed military hospital set to close - Military Photos
		Most of its work would be relocated to a more modern, expanded hospital in Bethesda, Maryland, to be renamed Walter Reed in a nod to the old facility's heritage.
		Under the Walter Reed plan, most of the staff and services would move from the old hospital's main post to the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, to create the expanded facility.
		Walter Reed's care is considered first-rate but the facility is showing its age, the commission found.
	www.militaryphotos.net /forums/showthread.php?t=54366 (1292 words)

	Anti-War Protesters Target Walter Reed Hospital - XO Forum
		According to the Walter Reed Army Medical Center, nearly 4,000 individuals involved in the Iraq war were treated at the facility as of March of this year, 1,050 of whom were wounded in battle.
		When he was a patient at the hospital, Pannell said he initially tried to ignore the anti-war activists camped out in front of Walter Reed, until witnessing something that enraged him.
		The anti-war protesters claim their presence at the hospital is necessary to publicize the arrivals of newly wounded soldiers from Iraq, who the protesters allege are being smuggled in at night by the Pentagon to avoid media scrutiny.
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	War casualties overflow Walter Reed hospital (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Walter Reed is run by the Department of the Army, which is subordinate to the Department of Defense.
		Hospitals are like hotels, airplane flights, movie theatres, etc. in that they have a certain capacity.
		I replied to this topic late since I was a patient at Walter Reed in the early part of August.
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	USATODAY.com - Walter Reed Army Medical Center selected to close (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		WASHINGTON — Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, where seriously wounded soldiers have received care since 1909, was recommended to close by the federal base closure commission.
		Along with Walter Reed, the Washington area was further affected as the commission voted to shift more than 20,000 military and civilian defense jobs from leased office space in Washington's Virginia suburbs near the Pentagon to military bases farther from the capital.
		While the panel voted to consolidate a number of training and personnel facilities around the country, the Walter Reed decision was the commission's highest-profile move Thursday.
	www.usatoday.com /news/washington/2005-08-25-base-closing_x.htm?csp=34 (703 words)

	Walter Reed General Hospital - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Named in honor of the celebrated U.S. Army physician and researcher Major Walter Reed, MD after his untimely death due to appendicitis in 1902, the Walter Reed General Hospital (WRGH) opened in northern Washington, D.C. on May 1, 1909.
		WRGH was the precursor of the present Walter Reed Army Medical Center (WRAMC), which opened in a large new facility on the same campus in 1977.
		It is also, therefore, a precursor for the projected Walter Reed National Military Medical Center (WRNMMC), to be opened by September 2011 in Bethesda, Maryland.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Walter_Reed_General_Hospital (178 words)

	Walter Reed Army Medical Center - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Walter Reed Army Medical Center (WRAMC) is the U.S. Army's premier medical center on the east coast of the United States.
		The center is named after Major Walter Reed, an army surgeon who led the team which confirmed that yellow fever is transmitted by mosquitoes rather than direct contact.
		Walter Reed is also the focus of the first track of Michael Penn's fifth album, Mr.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Walter_Reed_Army_Medical_Center (496 words)

	Inside Walter Reed Hospital
		Inside Walter Reed Army Hospital is the horrible reality of the Iraq War, a reality that few Americans see, and fewer want to see.
		In front of the hospital a man in his mid-20s sits down on the bench next to me. His right leg is bloated to at least double its normal size.
		When discharged from the hospital, their tight support network disappears and the strong optimism in the wake of a close call begins to wane.
	www.gulfwarvets.com /insidewalterreed_hospital.htm (2091 words)

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	Stockpiling the Wounded from Iraq Inside Walter Reed Hospital
		For the nearly 4,000 U.S. troops wounded in Iraq who have been brought through the doors of Walter Reed as of March, the personal cost of the war is staggering.
		As she and the others were leaving the hospital, they saw a soldier walking the halls of Walter Reed who was missing both hands.
		But if the experience of soldiers at Walter Reed is any indication, the U.S. government will turn its back on this newest generation of battle-scarred veterans--just as it did with soldiers returning from Vietnam.
	margotbworldnews.com /archive/2005June/June6/stockpilingthewounded.html (1928 words)

	Walter Reed prescribes ATM
		The Walter Reed Army Medical Center is replacing its tired and sickly information systems network with a new architecture.
		Walter Reed officials said hubs in the old system were unreliable and that the hospital had trouble finding replacement parts.
		Walter Reed’s version of the Clinicomp system, a Unix system sponsored by the Defense Department’s Office of Health Affairs, includes two Silicon Graphics Inc. servers that back one another up and a third that houses a global database.
	www.gcn.com /print/17_20/33319-1.html (532 words)

	FOXNews.com - Plan Would Close Walter Reed Army Hospital - Politics \| Republican Party \| Democratic Party \| Political ...
		Under the plan, the shuttering of Walter Reed would involve moving some of its staff and services to an expanded health care facility on the campus of the National Naval Medical Center in nearby Bethesda, Md. The new facility would retain the Walter Reed name, officials said.
		Walter Reed hospital first opened in 1909 and has treated presidents, members of Congress and foreign leaders, in addition to members of the armed forces and veterans.
		Creating the expanded facility in Bethesda — to be renamed the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center at Bethesda — and building the new hospital at Fort Belvoir will cost a combined $1 billion, according to Taylor, who directed a multi-service group that developed the overall plan for changing the medical care delivery system.
	www.foxnews.com /story/0,2933,156463,00.html (1074 words)

	Pentagon to Close Walter Reed Military Hospital
		The Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, DC, could face closure if President Bush and Congress accept the recommendations from the Pentagon and a federal base commission.
		Located in the nation's capital, Walter Reed Army Medical Center has treated presidents and foreign leaders as well as soldiers and veterans.
		The nine-member panel also was starting debate and voting Thursday on the Air Force's plans, arguably the most contentious of the group, as it steamrolled through hundreds of Pentagon proposals at a brisk pace after four months of study and preparation.
	www.truthout.org /docs_2005/printer_082505I.shtml (874 words)

	deseretnews.com \| BRAC votes to shut Walter Reed hospital
		WASHINGTON — Siding with the Pentagon, the base-closing commission voted Thursday to shut down the Army's historic Walter Reed hospital and move about 20,000 defense workers miles away from their offices just outside the nation's capital.
		Part of that effort was closing Walter Reed — the crown jewel of U.S. military hospitals — and moving much of its staff and services across town to the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, Md., which will be updated and expanded.
		The commission said care at Walter Reed, which has treated presidents and foreign leaders as well as veterans and soldiers, is considered first-rate but the facility is showing its age.
	deseretnews.com /dn/view/0,1249,600158701,00.html (1063 words)

	Walter Reed Army Medical Center
		By Congressional legislation, construction of the Walter Reed General Hospital was authorized, and the Hospital admitted its first patients on May 1, 1909.
		Named in Major Walter Reed's honor, the medical center was founded on principles that would integrate patient care, teaching and research.
		Today, the Walter Reed Army Medical Center continues to serve the military community from the Washington, D.C. area, and around the world, admitting 16,000 patients a year.
	www.nlm.nih.gov /hmd/medtour/wreed.html (269 words)

	walter reed hospital
		Arlington Bishop Paul S. Loverde celebrated Mass for troops, medical personnel and members of the hospital community earlier this month with Father (Maj.) Frank O’Grady, Walter Reed chaplain, and Father Patrick Kenny, a priest on staff at Walter Reed.
		This day he sat with his brother and his speech therapist as he told the bishop that although the military had not told him, he had just discovered on the internet that he was the only one to survive that incident.
		His medical condition sent him to Walter Reed, but he was quick to tell the bishop, "Some of my guys got bushwacked the other day, and I want to go back." He asked the bishop to pray for the people who set the course, "we just go where we’re sent."
	www.catholicherald.com /articles/04articles/walterreed.htm (585 words)

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	Code Pink: The vigil outside Walter Reed Army Hospital
		One protest group, Code Pink, holds a weekly vigil outside Walter Reed Army Hospital in Washington D.C. Members of the group gather across the street every Friday night and hold "a very discreet, dignified" vigil between the hours of seven and nine p.m.
		Code Pink also maintains that from talking to the soldiers inside the hospital the importance of the bonds that have developed with other soldiers in the field, so that is why the protest group wants the troops home again.
		The small anti-war group who gathers across the street from the hospital also says that those who are unsure of their position on the war feel they can't tolerate Code Pink's presence in front of the hospital.
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		Walter Reed Army Medical Center The Visitor's Center is located in the lobby of the old Walter Reed Hospital Building.
		Walter Reed a target under Pentagon plan - The Washington Times The Pentagon yesterday proposed closing Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Walter Reed Medical Center, arguably the military's most famous hospital.
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