[Blindvet-talk] Walter Reed Army Medical Center

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Kirk,
I  agree totally. We can't visit them, we can't send them Christmas  Cards, 
but we sure as hell can call our Senators and Congressman.
Here is your challenge Ladies and Gentleman! Lets see if anyone really  reads 
the posts on this list!!
Dwight
 
 
In a message dated 11/27/2007 5:16:42 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
kvh54 at cfl.rr.com writes:

Dwight,  I think we need to get a bit resourceful! Perhaps if we all contact 
our  Senators and Congressman of our respective States and question them as 
to  why it is so difficult to have access to our Blind brothers in uniform 
for  assistance and guidance after they return home,, they might just start 
to  jump in and assist us in the effort of finding out why this is!! Kirk  
Harmon
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Sent:  Tuesday, November 27, 2007 11:34 AM
Subject: [Blindvet-talk] Walter Reed  Army Medical Center


> Ladies and Gentleman,
> A week ago  today I  visited Walter Reed in Silver Spring  Maryland.
> I  asked if I  could visit with any troops who had suffered eye   injuries. 
> I
> was told that the only way I could visit with any  troops who were  not 
> family
> was to request the proper  forms from the visitors bureau. They said  they 
> would
>  mail them and no groups over five were allowed at a time and no   guarantee
> that any of them would see us. Talk about a  information  blackout!
> I am very disappointed. Think about this ,  how many beds are available to
> blind vets if all the  VA rehab  centers were empty. Maybe 300. They have 
> 1000
> plus with  serious eye injuries perhaps blindness. Where are they going for
>  rehab? How long will they have to wait for this?
> I see a serious  problem.
> Dwight
>
>
>
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Kirk,
I  agree totally. We can't visit them, we can't send them Christmas Cards, but we sure as hell can call our Senators and Congressman.
Here is your challenge Ladies and Gentleman! Lets see if anyone really reads the posts on this list!!
Dwight
 
 
In a message dated 11/27/2007 5:16:42 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, kvh54 at cfl.rr.com writes:
Dwight, I think we need to get a bit resourceful! Perhaps if we all contact
our Senators and Congressman of our respective States and question them as
to why it is so difficult to have access to our Blind brothers in uniform
for assistance and guidance after they return home,, they might just start
to jump in and assist us in the effort of finding out why this is!! Kirk
Harmon
----- Original Message -----
From: <NABlindVets at aol.com>
To: <blindvet-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2007 11:34 AM
Subject: [Blindvet-talk] Walter Reed Army Medical Center
> Ladies and Gentleman,
> A week ago today I  visited Walter Reed in Silver Spring  Maryland.
> I asked if I  could visit with any troops who had suffered eye  injuries.
> I
> was told that the only way I could visit with any troops who were  not
> family
> was to request the proper forms from the visitors bureau. They said  they
> would
> mail them and no groups over five were allowed at a time and no  guarantee
> that any of them would see us. Talk about a information  blackout!
> I am very disappointed. Think about this , how many beds are available to
> blind vets if all the  VA rehab centers were empty. Maybe 300. They have
> 1000
> plus with serious eye injuries perhaps blindness. Where are they going for
> rehab? How long will they have to wait for this?
> I see a serious problem.
> Dwight
>
>
>
> **************************************Check out AOL's list of 2007's
> hottest
> products.
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