KABUL—American officers deployed as mentors in Afghanistan's main
military hospital discovered a shocking secret last year: Injured
soldiers were routinely dying of simple infections and even starving to
death as some corrupt doctors and nurses demanded bribes for food and
the most basic of care.
The discovery, which hasn't previously
been reported, added new details to longstanding evidence of gross
mismanagement at Dawood National Military Hospital, where most salaries
and supplies are paid for by American taxpayers.
Yet the patient neglect continued for months after U.S. officials discovered it, as Afghan officials rebuffed American pressure to take action, multiple documents and testimonies viewed by The Wall Street Journal show.
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U.S. Air Force
U.S. Gen. William Caldwell IV
pinned a medal on a soldier last year at an Afghan military hospital
where patient neglect was found to be common.
Yet the patient neglect continued for months after U.S. officials discovered it, as Afghan officials rebuffed American pressure to take action, multiple documents and testimonies viewed by The Wall Street Journal show.
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