Monday, September 17, 2007
Pentagon’s ‘Top Doc’ Praises Advances at Walter ReedBy Donna MilesAmerican Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, Sept. 14, 2007 – The Defense Department’s top doctor yesterday praised improvements at Walter Reed Army Medical Center here and reaffirmed the department’s commitment to ensuring its patients get care that’s “the very best in the world.”
Speaking at the ribbon-cutting for the new Military Advanced Training Center, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs Dr. S. Ward Casscells said he’s been impressed by the Walter Reed staff’s efforts to ensure Walter Reed is “first class in every way.” From the top down, beginning with the hospital commander, Army Maj. Gen. (Dr.) Eric B. Schoomaker, the staff pulled together as problems revealed at the facility attracted widespread news coverage, overshadowing the positive work being done, Casscells said. He thanked the “doctors, nurses, corpsmen, medics, technicians, dieticians (and) psychologists .
WASHINGTON, Sept. 14, 2007 – The Defense Department’s top doctor yesterday praised improvements at Walter Reed Army Medical Center here and reaffirmed the department’s commitment to ensuring its patients get care that’s “the very best in the world.”
Speaking at the ribbon-cutting for the new Military Advanced Training Center, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs Dr. S. Ward Casscells said he’s been impressed by the Walter Reed staff’s efforts to ensure Walter Reed is “first class in every way.” From the top down, beginning with the hospital commander, Army Maj. Gen. (Dr.) Eric B. Schoomaker, the staff pulled together as problems revealed at the facility attracted widespread news coverage, overshadowing the positive work being done, Casscells said. He thanked the “doctors, nurses, corpsmen, medics, technicians, dieticians (and) psychologists .
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