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The latest round of base-closing recommendations hit the streets today. Among other things, it says that the Army’s and Navy’s flagship medical centers should be merged.
The Walter Reed Army Medical Center will be essentially closed and its functions merged on the campus of the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, Md. The merged facility is recommended to be called the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center.
James Joyner says the merger makes sense. I agree. My daughter was born at Bethesda Naval hospital in 1993. I was an Army officer at the time but that was no hindrance to my wife receiving all her prenatal care and giving birth there. Their care was excellent, btw.
Medical care has been service non-specific for many, many years. It was much easier for us to get to Bethesda because it isn’t far from the interstate beltway around Washington, D.C. Walter Reed, otoh, is buried inside DC itself and the very few times I went there it was not an easy trip. IIRC, Bethesda is also a newer and more modern facility, too.
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May 13th, 2005 at 9:46 pm
TO: Donald Sensing
RE: Walter Reed
I did time at Walter Reed. Me and Ike. He was down the hall from me. I was in for a fractured skull; first ever baseball game…walked into the follow-through of a swing. He was in for a heart attack. Must have heard about my accident.
My Dad died there; AIDS in ‘79. We didn’t figure it out until ‘84. He’d had major hip surgery in ‘77, while living (retired) in Florida. Lots of blood; AB-….the rarest. We figure it was some druggie who donated in order to support his habit.
Regards,
Chuck(le)
[Nothing endures like ‘change’.]
May 13th, 2005 at 10:37 pm
I’m rather fond of Walter Reed. Not only did volunteering as a human guinea pig for a few experiements (non drug related) help pay a few bills, but Walter Reed also houses the Museum of Medical Science, a top-notch institution in its own right.
Walter Reed still has extensive medical research facilities. I’d have to assume they would stay where they’re located now, but the name on the gate would change.
Getting to Walter Reed needn’t be difficult… just keep on the Beltway to the Georgia Ave. exist, then head south… it becomes 16th St. and drops you at the gate!
May 13th, 2005 at 11:53 pm
The only problem I would have with it, would be the competing military cultures. As a naval enlisted who went into the Marine Corps, I can attest to the different cultures in the naval services. It seems that the difference in culture between the Navy and the Army would cause aggravating hangups.
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