Womack Army Medical Center braces for wounded

Womack prepares for returning boom
By Gregory Phillips
Staff writer
As head of Womack Army Medical Center, Col. Terry Walters is preparing for what she calls the coming storm of soldiers returning to Fort Bragg in the next year.

“There’s going to be huge medical fallout from this war,” said Walters, who has directed Womack since July 2006.

The conflict in the Middle East has led to the Army’s lowest fatality rate in the history of warfare, Walters said, but the Army’s medical system is a victim of that success.

More soldiers than ever are surviving serious injuries and needing medical care when they get home. The injured soldiers have overwhelmed some Army hospitals, including Walter Reed Army Medical Center, where neglect of patients was exposed earlier this year.
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