Friday, 17 August 2007

Demand for military hospital grows as UK's only war ward struggles with casualties




Demand for a dedicated military hospital grew yesterday amid an overcrowding crisis at the country's only ward set aside for soldiers.
MPs and veterans spoke out as rising casualty rates put intolerable pressure on the single NHS ward at Selly Oak Hospital, Birmingham.
It has just 14 beds - yet, in the last month alone, 145 personnel have been flown back from Afghanistan and Iraq for treatment. Read It Here

(RG) Let me just remind what a Labour minister Lynne Jones had to say about our service personnel.

The soldiers seem to want a little empire consisting of their own designated staff and facilities, a fiefdom",

lynne Jones Labour MP.


© Mack (RG) The thoughts of a Falklands War Veteran.

Hat Tip Theo Spark

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