Aging infrastructure and deferred maintenance due to underfunding in recent years led to flooding in January 2025 at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, a hub of urgent, high-priority care for wounded service members and the facility at which the President of the United States is treated. High waters and loss of steam pressure impacted the capacity of services delivered, but the ability to deliver the hospital’s core capabilities of safe, quality care was never compromised.
Recently appointed Department of Defense leadership visited the hospital to survey the damage.
Dr. Steve Ferrara, the Acting Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs, personally visited Walter Reed Jan. 31, 2025 to discuss the recent flooding situation with leadership and staff members. In this photo, Ferrara (right) speaks with neonatal intensive care unit staff about the issues they faced because of flooding. Walter Reed’s NICU cares for newborns at risk in the National Capital Region as well as from overseas locations.
(Courtesy photo by Alvin Williams, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center)
| Date Taken: | 02.01.2025 |
| Date Posted: | 02.04.2025 13:01 |
| Photo ID: | 8855112 |
| VIRIN: | 250201-O-D0232-7443 |
| Resolution: | 6000x4000 |
| Size: | 6.39 MB |
| Location: | US |
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