Health care issues raised at Fort Campbell

Health care issues raised at Fort Campbell

By Kristin M. Hall - The Associated Press
Posted : Thursday Aug 6, 2009 15:10:21 EDT

FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. — Medical officials at Fort Campbell say they are working to improve access to health care for soldiers and their families and to address complaints about driving long distances to get treatment.

The Army’s medical leaders are trying to balance the needs of a rising number of injured soldiers returning from war with the capacity of doctors and staff at their military hospitals. At Fort Campbell, many units have completed third and fourth tours and the installation has hundreds of soldiers assigned to its wounded warrior unit.

During meetings at Fort Campbell this week, hospital staff and representatives from the Army and Tricare, the military health insurance program, took questions from family members and soldiers.

“We have problems with access,” said Col. Kenneth Canestrini, who works for the Army surgeon general’s office overseeing the Tricare program. “The U.S. Army recognizes that. It’s a fluid environment and we are working on it.”

One complaint from military members and their families was that sometimes they had to drive long distances away from the installation on the Kentucky-Tennessee state line to get certain treatment, officials said.
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Health care issues raised at Fort Campbell

Online town hall to discuss wounded care

Online town hall to discuss wounded care
By Rick Maze - Staff writer
Posted : Friday Nov 14, 2008 13:40:50 EST

Defense health care officials began accepting advance questions on Friday for an online town hall meeting scheduled for Wednesday, Nov. 19, to talk about medical programs and services for wounded troops.

The online meeting, a “webhall,” will be held from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Eastern time on Nov. 19, and can be accessed at www.health.mil.

Questions can be submitted in advance to MHSWebContent@tma.osd.mil, but questions also will be taken during the meeting, defense officials said in an announcement.

The forum is designed to talk about overall issues and not specific problems, officials said.
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