Soldiers Face Neglect, Frustration At Army's Top Medical Facility

[GreatAmerican]

<p>Report From Long-Running Army Probe Notes Problems; Official Orders Fixes</p>

<p>Published in today’s Washington Compost:</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/02/24/AR2007022401425.html[/url]”>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/02/24/AR2007022401425.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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The preliminary findings of a nine-month Army investigation confirm problems in the administrative procedures at Walter Reed Army Medical Center and other hospitals, and Army Secretary Francis J. Harvey has ordered the service to begin fixing them, a spokesman said yesterday.</p>

<p>The Army inspector general’s probe said that the service needs to standardize its training of workers who assist patients, that its information-management databases are inadequate and that there are “policy disconnects” between Army regulations and Defense Department instructions…

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