It's reported in the 05 May European edition of "Stars and Stripes" that the Army is implementing steps to reduce the regional Army hospital at Wurzburg to...
A clinic.
The emergency room, and all of the specialty clinics, will close.
The reason for this is that with the drawdown in the American forces, the remaining forces and civilians in the area will no longer need American medical care.
By the end of June, emergency, operating rooms, ENT clinics, gynecology, obstetrics, podiatry, orthopedics... all will be closed.
In an hilarious quote piece of the article:
The hospital commander says that the patients coming to the hospital after the close is effective 30 June should not feel abandoned. Maps to German facilities will be available at the door. "There will be people showing up at night, and the lights are out, and boom, there's this box with an info sheet and a map."
In lieu of medical care, please accept this map with our compliments.
The article lists several German facilities (which, it should be noted, tend to be of high medical quality) in the nearby area. I've been to several, notably with the care for Thomas at the beginning of his life. They were not easy to find in time of calm. I can only imagine being panicked trying to find a facility.
This is not to be critical... drawdown is a factor, and for those out in the boondocks, it'll mean adjustments. Naturally.
And we will adapt...
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