Totally off topic and politics, but a subject close to my heart.
I see from the BBC News site that US Army Secretary Francis Harvey has resigned amid a row over the treatment of wounded US soldiers. That got me thinking about our own military hospitals.
The hospital I was born at has long since closed. Even the one that replaced that closed in 1999.
A bit of judicious searching this morning has revealed that, to my surprise, the only remaining British Military Hospital in the UK is the Royal Hospital Haslar in Gosport Hampshire. It is due to close in 2009.
On every level this is wrong, wrong, wrong. Don't expect me to rationalise it, it is just wrong.
For the reasons (or some of them) please see this article from www.portsmouthtoday.co.uk.
On a lighter note, I forgot to mention that my Grandma and I went to a concert last Sunday evening. The concert was given by the The Heavy Cavalry and Cambrai Band from Catterick Garrison. It was just what the doctor ordered- even a deaf 90 year old could hear the music - outstanding!
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They dont care about soldiers when they need repairing, they simply become obsolete and of no futher use.
who pays for army rehibilitation? isn't it funded outside the national health structure? if not why not?
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