While it is not easy to sue the government, litigation over conditions at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center in the future, is indeed possible. President Bush called the conditions at Walter Reed an example of medical negligence. Others have used stronger terms to declare the deplorable conditions at the hospital.
Major General George Weightman was fired last week as commander of Walter Reed as news reports surfaced about black mold, rats and peeling paint within the facility. Bureaucratic red tape, overwhelmed and under trained staff and failure to inform higher ups in authority have been blamed for the unacceptable conditions.
President Bush has signed an executive order to create a bipartisan commission to review conditions at Walter Reed and other similar facilities nationwide. It remains to be seen how many Walter Reed lawsuits will be filed in the weeks and months to come as the investigation unfolds.
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