From Bad Hospital Conditions to Bad Retirement Living - Supporting Our Troops, the Bush Way
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Wally
6:36 AM
The Pentagon is investigating reports of a rising death rate and rooms spattered with blood, urine and feces at the Armed Forces Retirement Home in Washington, now home to dozens of former Gulfport veterans.
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Health-care professionals working at the home told the GAO residents were suffering from bedsores, and in one case, maggots were found in a leg wound.
"Many of these residents are single or widowed and have no close family members to help ensure that they receive appropriate treatment," Walker wrote.
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"There were reports about the director yelling at the (veterans), saying things like, 'Sit down and shut up,'
If they're not careful and don't start behaving, Bush might have them shipped off to Iraq on a "Stop-Loss" or "Ready Reserve" basis.
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