Army leader: Guardsman’s death isolated event

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Army leader: Guardsman’s death isolated event
By Ryan Lenz - The Associated Press
Posted : Thursday Nov 15, 2007 17:30:47 EST

The death of a National Guardsman in the care of a medical unit at Fort Knox, Ky., appears to have been an isolated incident and not an example of widespread problems in care for wounded soldiers, the Army’s top civilian leader said Thursday.

Army Secretary Pete Geren told members of the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee in Washington that steps to fix problems that might have led to Sgt. Gerald Cassidy’s death have been taken, including the removal of the medical unit’s top commanders.

But he stressed the investigation surrounding the death of the Indiana National Guardsman was ongoing and would not discuss specific findings.

“It’s a tragedy for the Army and a tragedy for his family,” Geren said, responding to questions from Sen. Evan Bayh of Indiana. “Thankfully, it has proven to be an isolated incident.”

Cassidy, 32, of Westfield, Ind., was wounded in a roadside bombing in Iraq in June 2006 and arrived at Fort Knox in April 2007 with blinding headaches, memory and hearing loss and post-traumatic stress disorder. He was found alone in his room on Sept. 21, dead and slumped in a chair.

An autopsy performed for his family determined Cassidy had been dead for hours before he was found and might have been unconscious for days before that.


Rest of article at: http://www.armytimes.com/news/2007/11/ap_soldier_death_071115/



uhc news flash: THE FUCKING SYSTEM IS BROKEN!!!!1! Expect more spin the next time this happens.