Thursday, March 5, 2009

360,000 veterans may have brain injuries

http://www.usatoday.com/news/military/2009-03-04-braininjuries_N.htm

Estimates
Some how that's just not good enough
No wonder they never mention the trauma count
They don't really know

WASHINGTON — Pentagon officials estimated for the first time Wednesday that up to 360,000 Iraq and Afghanistan veterans may have suffered brain injuries. Among them are 45,000 to 90,000 veterans whose symptoms persist and warrant specialized care.
Army Brig. Gen. Loree Sutton provided the estimate during a news conference about March as Brain Injury Awareness Month. She heads the Pentagon's Centers of Excellence for Psychological Health and Traumatic Brain Injury