Aug 14, 2007 5:25 pm US/Mountain
Ft. Carson Wounded Warrior Unit Helps Vets Recover
By Robert Weller, AP Writer
(AP) FORT CARSON, Colo. Spc. Crystal Witte feels guilt, can barely hear and has minor brain damage. All qualify the medic to be a member of one of the Army's newly created wounded warrior units.
Witte, 22, says the treatment she has received since joining the unit of about 100 soldiers at Fort Carson has helped her. "The medical care here has been excellent," said Witte, wounded last year in a rocket explosion in Ramadi, Iraq.
Col. Kelly Wolgast, commander of Fort Carson's Evans Community Hospital, says the unit's primary mission is to heal, so soldiers can return to service or function in civilian society as quickly as possible.
It will have a high ratio of caregivers to soldiers, among them people with "an acute awareness" of psychiatric injuries, including civilian doctors. There is no time limit on how long soldiers are in the unit.
"This is for soldiers who need a little extra time in their recovery," Wolgast said.
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Last year, Fort Carson was not just ignoring PTSD, but discharging anyone saying they had it under "personality disorder" and this year, they are trying to make up for the lost time. This is wonderful for those presenting with symptoms of PTSD so they can have their wounds treated early on. Early treatment stops it from getting worse and the recovery odds are a great deal better.
What does this do for those already discharged falsely under "personality disorder" and still in need for treatment? They are living without anything to help them. With this kind of a discharge, they get absolutely nothing along with this on their records for the rest of their lives. So what is being done to correct the damage done to them? What steps are being taken to correct this outrageous injustice done to them?
Kathie Costos
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