Government ignores wounded troops:

The Daily Telegraph reports on the scandalous treatment of wounded troops repatriated from the Middle East.

An estimated 5,000 injured troops are being prevented from joining front-line operations because they are languishing on health service waiting lists.
Military doctors have told The Daily Telegraph of the "absolute scandal" of soldiers having to wait for treatment while a fully equipped military hospital lies virtually empty.

When wounded troops actually get to hospital their treatment is often not as good as they deserve.

An unguarded seriously wounded solider was exposed to enemy threats in a civilian hospital.

Tony Blair's and the government's response has so far been merely to hope the problem will go away. It will not.

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