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The '''Landstuhl Regional Medical Center''' ('''LRMC''') is an overseas ] operated by the ]. It is the largest American military hospital outside the ]. The hospital is located at Wilson Barracks ({{lang-de|Kirchberg-Kaserne}}) in the ] town of ],<ref>{{cite web |url=https://home.army.mil/rheinland-pfalz/index.php/about/history |title=History |author=<!--Not stated--> |website=U.S. Army Garrison Rheinland-Pfalz |publisher=] |access-date=April 27, 2021 |quote=Wilson Barracks (aka: Landstuhl or LRMC): Named after Cpl. Alfred L. Wilson (Sept. 18, 1919 – Nov. 8, 1944).}}</ref> and was the nearest treatment center for personnel wounded in the ]. It serves members of the ], military retirees, and their eligible family members. |
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The '''Landstuhl Regional Medical Center''' ('''LRMC''') is an overseas ] operated by the ]. It is the largest American military hospital outside the ]. The hospital is located at Wilson Barracks ({{lang-de|Kirchberg-Kaserne}}) in the ] town of ],<ref>{{cite web |url=https://home.army.mil/rheinland-pfalz/index.php/about/history |title=History |author=<!--Not stated--> |website=U.S. Army Garrison Rheinland-Pfalz |publisher=] |access-date=April 27, 2021 |quote=Wilson Barracks (aka: Landstuhl or LRMC): Named after Cpl. Alfred L. Wilson (Sept. 18, 1919 – Nov. 8, 1944).}}</ref> and was the nearest treatment center for personnel wounded in the ]. It serves members of the ], military retirees and their eligible family members. |
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With America's gradual withdrawal from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan over the years, the number of U.S. military casualties have dwindled and the regional medical center was downgraded to a ] in May 2014.<ref>{{cite news|title=With fewer war injuries, Landstuhl becomes Level III trauma center|url=http://www.stripes.com/news/with-fewer-war-injuries-landstuhl-becomes-level-iii-trauma-center-1.285819|work=]|date=May 28, 2014}}</ref> The ] disbanded its expeditionary medical unit that same year.<ref>{{cite news|title=Navy disbands Landstuhl medical unit as casualties dwindle|url=http://www.stripes.com/news/navy-disbands-landstuhl-medical-unit-as-casualties-dwindle-1.305133|work=]|date=September 26, 2014}}</ref> In August 2021 LRMC was verified as a Level II trauma center.<ref>https://landstuhl.tricare.mil/News-Gallery/Articles/Article/2740041/lrmc-verified-as-only-level-ii-trauma-center-overseas</ref> |
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==History== |
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==History== |
Opened on March 9, 1953, LRMC was formerly known as the 2d General Hospital and the Landstuhl Army Medical Center (LAMC). In 1980, soldiers who were injured in Operation Eagle Claw were brought to LAMC. During the 1990s, U.S. Army Europe underwent a reorganization, and hospitals in Frankfurt, Berlin, Nuremberg, and other bases were gradually closed down, or were downsized to clinics. In 1993, a group of 288 U.S. Air Force personnel augmented the hospital. By 1997, it was the only U.S. medical center in Europe.
LRMC is one of the top hospitals for organ donations in its region in Europe. Roughly half of the American military personnel who died at the hospital from combat injuries from 2005 through 2010 were organ donors. That was the first year the U.S. Armed Forces allowed organs to be donated by military personnel who died at the hospital from wounds suffered in Iraq or Afghanistan. From 2005 through 2010, 34 donated a total of 142 organs, according to the organ transplant organization, Deutsche Stiftung Organtransplantation (Template:Lang-en).
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LRMC in October 2008
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