Oversight of Medical Care of Veterans Wounded in Vietnam: Hearings, Ninety-first Congress, First and Second Sessions, Part 2

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Page 919 - For example, the number of Army personnel with major amputations resulting from wounds who were admitted to amputation centers in this country represented 2 to 2yi per cent of the total hospitalized wounded.
Page 604 - Vietnam veteran stricken with encephalitis could not be adequately cared for because of lack of facilities and personnel. His mother actually found it necessary to remove secretions from the tracheostomy herself to keep her son alive. There are many functions which can, of course, only be undertaken in the above highly staffed setting with appropriate equipment.

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