Doctors Say the Pentagon’s Battlefield Care System Can’t Keep Up With the Iran War
Military doctors say 95% of wounded troops return to duty, but drone and missile threats are exposing gaps in evacuation and hospital access.
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Doctors Say the Pentagon’s Battlefield Care System Can’t Keep Up With the Iran War
A Business Insider investigation finds military doctors warning that the Pentagon’s battlefield medical system, built for Iraq and Afghanistan, is struggling to keep up in the Iran war. They describe gaps from evacuation to surgery, while CENTCOM insists its arrangements with regional hospitals are working as intended.
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BizTocThe Iran war is exposing dangerous gaps in the US military system built to save wounded troops
The US built its battlefield trauma system around the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. New threats and challenges in the Iran war are testing its limits.
The US war on Iran has revealed serious gaps in America's military medical care system, amid warnings of weak medical preparations in combat zones, difficulties in evacuating casualties, and reliance on hospitals run by host countries in the Middle East. According to a report published by the US website Business Inseider, Saturday, the US medical system developed over two decades during Iraq's wars [...] The post Iran's war reveals serious gaps …
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