Walter Reed medical center: Inside the storied hospital where President Trump is being treated.
in Bethesda, Maryland, is a sprawling 243-acre complex about 9 miles from the White House that includes a presidential suite, a first lady's suite and a self-contained area where the president and a small group, including the White House physician, can live and work.
When the president is not there, top military brass, Cabinet members and other dignitaries, including foreign leaders, are treated in the executive medicine area.for"a few days." Walter Reed General Hospital opened on May 1, 1909. Named for an Army major who helped discover that yellow fever was transmitted by mosquitoes, the hospital tended to numerous presidents and injured soldiers in Washington, D.C.about inadequate treatment of wounded soldiers there, the Army hospital was merged with the other go-to medical facility for presidents and politicians, the Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, to form the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in 2011.
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