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AP report: US troops wounded in Iranian drone strike say military medical system failed them

By Egleze Editorial Desk · Published October 6, 2026 · Mike Drop · Wounded by Iran, Then Left on Their Own | Mike Drop Newsroom
AP report: US troops wounded in Iranian drone strike say military medical system failed them
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"It was not considered by the army to be serious enough to be admitted to Lanstool Regional Medical Center in Germany. instead he he was sent to a nearby army barracks and had and was told to schedule outpatient appointments. Um he says I was just kind of on my own or at least it felt that way."

The programme host reads from an Associated Press report in which two US service members injured in an Iranian drone strike allege they were not given adequate medical care. The host recounts the report’s details, including a case involving a damaged vertebral artery where the soldier was not admitted to Landstuhl Regional Medical Center and was instead told to arrange outpatient appointments, and another case where a soldier allegedly waited months for MRI results after shrapnel removal. The host adds that he finds this unacceptable for active-duty personnel in a combat zone and compares it to delays he says he experienced through the VA.

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