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United States Army hospital in Germany Hospital in Landstuhl, Germany

Landstuhl Regional Medical Center
United States Army

Aerial view of Landstuhl Regional Medical Center

Geography
Location	Landstuhl, Germany
Coordinates	49°24′15″N 7°33′37″E / 49.40417°N 7.56028°E / 49.40417; 7.56028
Organisation
Care system	TRICARE
Funding	Government hospital
Type	General
Network	U.S. Department of Defense
Services
Emergency department	Level II trauma center
Beds	100
History
Former name(s)	2d General Hospital Landstuhl Army Medical Center
Opened	March 9, 1953; 71 years ago (1953-03-09)
Links
Website	landstuhl.tricare.mil
Lists	Hospitals in Germany

The Landstuhl Regional Medical Center (LRMC) is an overseas military hospital operated by the U.S. Army. It is the largest American military hospital outside the continental United States. The hospital is located at Wilson Barracks (Template:Lang-de) in the German town of Landstuhl, and was the nearest treatment center for personnel wounded in the War on Terrorism. It serves members of the U.S. Armed Forces, military retirees and their eligible family members.

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.

Organ donation

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).

References

"History". U.S. Army Garrison Rheinland-Pfalz. U.S. Army. Retrieved April 27, 2021. Wilson Barracks (aka: Landstuhl or LRMC): Named after Cpl. Alfred L. Wilson (Sept. 18, 1919 – Nov. 8, 1944).
"LRMC History". Retrieved May 29, 2009.
Sarnecky, Mary T. A contemporary history of the U.S. Army Nurse Corps. Government Printing Office. pp. 343–4. ISBN 9780160869136.
Jones, Meg. "A Soldier's Death Gives Life to Another Man". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.