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Group presents Augusta model of wounded warrior care in DC

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Posted: 2:49 PM Nov 8, 2007
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November 7, 2007

Dean Lucy Marion of the Medical College of Georgia and former News 12 anchor Laurie Ott, executive director of the CSRA Wounded Warrior Care Project, met with Congressman Paul Broun to present the "Augusta model" to the Department of Defense and the Department of Veterans' Affairs.

One piece of that puzzle is the increased role MCG would play in educating and training nurses for the unique needs of wounded warriors and their families.

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Augusta has the #1 affordable housing market in the nation (Source).
Augusta is home to the nation's only Active Duty Rehabilitation Unit located within a VA facility.
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Augusta's Eisenhower Army Medical Center is the number two recipient of medical evacuees from Iraq and Afghanistan, second only to Walter Reed in Washington. (Source: Dole/Shalala Commission Subcommittee Report, page 23, Table 1, www.pccww.gov)
Augusta's Eisenhower Army Medical Center is the Army's Southeast Medical Command Center.
Augusta's Medical College of Georgia has residents who do rounds at Eisenhower and the VA Medical Centers.

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