Since its opening in 1909, Walter Reed hospital has treated Army privates and U.S. presidents.
WASHINGTON – Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, where President Donald Trump was headed for treatment of COVID-19, is the nation's premier health-care center for troops and senior government officials.
Walter Reed National Military Medical Center opened Sept. 15, 2011 after the National Naval Medical Center and Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C. were consolidated. The new facility opened on the campus of the naval hospital in Bethesda, Maryland, a suburb of Washington, D.C. It is named after Walter Reed, an Army doctor who led the research that discovered yellow fever is transmitted by mosquitoes. Staff at the hospitals have also cared for members of Congress and the Supreme Court.
During the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the hospitals handled an influx of grievously wounded troops who were saved on battlefields by swift evacuation and advances in trauma care.for a kidney condition in 2018.Leon Panetta urged the White House to allow doctors treating Trump to address the country"It is extremely important to keep the public fully informed about what is happening," Panetta said.
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