VIP ward at Walter Reed gets scrutiny

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No mice or mold in sight in one of the six VIP suites at Walter Reed Army Medical Center.
By Gregg Zoroya, USA TODAY

Disclosures of substandard housing for troops treated at Walter Reed Army Medical Center are prompting Congress to investigate whether the Army is running a plush ward at the complex for VIPs at the expense of ordinary war casualties.

House investigators are asking "if the allocations of resources is in any way adversely impacting the treatment of the troops," Rep. John Tierney, D-Mass., told USA TODAY in response to inquiries about the six-suite ward. Tierney leads a House subcommittee investigating allegations of poor care at Walter Reed. "Our nation's military, our returning heroes, are the true VIPs," he said.


PHOTOS: VIP treatment at Walter Reed( http://www.usatoday.com/news/gallery/2007/n070315_reed/flash.htm
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The large, comfortable suites on the hospital's top floor are reserved for the president, the vice president, federal judges, members of Congress and the Cabinet, high-ranking military officials and even foreign dignitaries and their spouses. The only enlisted members of the military who are eligible to stay there are recipients of the Medal of Honor.

The suites have carpeted floors, antique furniture and fine china in the dining rooms. That's a stark contrast to mold- and mice-ridden housing that some wounded troops had been found to be living in.

more:http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2007-03-15-walter-reed-vip_N.htm

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

1. This is not right

better that the VIPs have the same plain, simple, yet CLEAN rooms that all troops should have.

[GoldenOldie]

2. Bethesda also has a similar if not more impressive

Every large military installation has a military medical hospital that maintain separate and unequal rooms for VIP's facility. They are to be used for base commanders, POTUS, Congressional reps, etc. The larger and more important the facility the more impressive the VIP medical suites are.

While the same VIP's obtain top-notched medical care from the DOD military budget and at the same time they ignore and deny the oversight of the same budget which ignores the plight of those dying and suffering because of their decisions and deals.