New Rehab Center for Injured Soldiers

A new state-of-the-art rehab center aims to make injured soldiers whole again.

Jjj 407 Ab Because the U.S. military's primary business is preparing for and waging war, rehabilitation of casualties has traditionally been a Department of Veterans Affairs function. However, with the opening of a rehabilitation center for amputees at Washington, D.C.'s Walter Reed Medical Center in 2003, the Army signaled a clear intention to put more weight behind the Walter Reed slogan ("We Provide Warrior Care") - and the shift in oversight is now even more pronounced. In February, Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio, which has been treating amputees, limb salvage patients and burn victims since 2005, debuted its new $50 million Center for the Intrepid. The Navy is also getting into the act by opening the country's third major amputee center, at Naval Station Balboa in San Diego, while Walter Reed is in the process of building a new, larger center.

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