It has been several months now Since Walter Reed Army Medical Center went the way of the Dodo bird. Transition from the center Army Medical Medicine to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center (Bethesda, Maryland) and Fort Belvoir Community Center (Fort Belvoir, VA) has not gone smoothly. Many problems still exist and will take more time to correct and get proper business practices establish; it’s what happens when you develop something without exercise or practice and implement it too fast. (See our write up on Farewell to Doc Reed)
As Walter Reed, Georgia Avenue close, the symbol of what it was and how it treated the wounded can be analogized in the scene were Cliff, the desk manager of the Mologne House present me with, “The last Apple from the Mologne House”. The caring for the wounded and the going out of their way approach to things was indicative to the overall behavior of the medical service provided in recent years to the wounded. The symbol of the last apple is very profound and perhaps, still unknown at the two new National Capital Area military medical centers. Maybe soon, treatment of the wounded will be less antiseptic and more caring and approachable, so far, all are watching and waiting to see what happens to the office like environment.
Project Enduring Pride is a community outreach program that works with and assists the severely wounded warriors returning from Afghanistan and Iraq and now recuperating at Military Medical Centers and Veterans Administrations Hospitals in the Washington, Richmond or Baltimore areas.
Our goal at PEP is continue our recognized contribution to augment and supplement the professional healthcare programs at Military and Veterans Administration hospitals with activities that challenge the mind, body, and help build stronger families. Our volunteers are out there on a regular basis working to make PEP a strong viable and useful service to the wounded service members while having fun.
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