CNN Video: Soldiers learn to deal with loss of limbs

[pruner]

according to the report, most soldiers treated at Walter Reed hospital who've lost limbs in Iraq are "incredibly positive".

of course they are.

link to the video can be found on the right side of CNN's home page

[Code_Name_D]

1. Oh, I never used that right hand any way.

Its not like I actualy made a living or any thing.

[pruner]

2. it also said the limbless soldiers are grateful to be…

above ground.

that I believe.

[htuttle]

3. Don't worry

I'm sure they'll be provided with prosthetic 'Victory Limbs'.


Walter Reed is overflowing so badly that they've been putting patients up in nearby hotels. This was in LBN just this week.

[Lars39]

4. Wasn't one of the companies in the Carlyle Group one that made

prosthetics? I remember reading this several months ago, but I didn't save the link.

[arcane1]

6. not sure, but unsurprising

here is a list of their healthcare assets

http://www.thecarlylegroup.com/eng/industry/industryportfoliol4-2311.html


EMPI makes a few things that are probably in use now:
599 Cardigan Rd., St. Paul, MN 55126-4099
800-328-2536
Empi is a leading manufacturer and provider of non-invasive biomedical devices for the functional rehabilitation market. Products include: electrotherapy devices for pain, neuromuscular rehabilitation and non-invasive drug delivery, dynamic orthoses, cervical traction devices, incontinence products, and accessories for use primarily by physicians, physical therapists, and their patients.
http://www.employerhealth.com/EHR_sample_pages/dpsopp.htm


I haven't been through ALL the names on the Carlyle site, but they are at the very least making some money off of the wounded

all for Georgie's inheritance

:grr:

thank God he's not getting blowjobs, eh?

[nostamj]

5. 'Victory Limbs' ???

surely, you meant:

Freedom Fauxs

[DrBB]

7. Gosh, I wish I'D lost a limb for the PNAC!

No fair! We all want to have significant portions of our anatomy blown off for the greater glory of Wolfowitz, Cheney and Halliburton! Yet only the few are so priviliged! How can we rectify this grossly unfair situation? Could there maybe be a program where you could have a limb surgically removed and sent to Bush in a box? So he could, y'know, like, put it up over his mantlepiece or something? So we could say, in a very special way, "I couldn't be there, but I wanted to have something blown off for you so here's my leg"? Cuz I think there's a lot of people out there for whom just praying for Bush isn't enough. I think a lot of people would want to do this. I bet Rush would sign up right away.

[hadrons]

8. Nice gift Bush gave them ...