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WASHINGTON - The head of the US Army's flagship military hospital was removed from his post today due to problems with the care of troops wounded in Iraq and Afghanistan, the Army said.
Major General George Weightman, head of the Walter Reed Army Medical Centre in Washington DC, was informed that Army leaders had lost confidence "in his abilities to address needed solutions for soldier outpatient care," an Army statement said.
The Bush administration has scrambled to address problems at the hospital since a series of reports in the Washington Post last month showed wounded troops were living in shoddy conditions and struggling with bureaucratic procedures.
- REUTERS
