Walter Reed medics tell President to return during sick call hours
BETHESDA, Md. – Medics and corpsmen at the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center responded with the poise and compassion characteristic of their profession when the president arrived at the military’s flagship hospital earlier last evening.
“I told him the same thing I tell everybody when they show up all sad-faced and mopey while we’re closing the clinic,” Spc. Will Farmer, a medic assigned to the hospital, said as he smoked a cigarette near the executive sick call entrance. “Take some Motrin, drink water, and come back at 0430 when sick call starts hours if you really think you need to be seen. I see it all the time. Last week some supreme court lady was trying to get an appointment after sick call hours.”
“He’s probably just trying to get out work, or a debate or something.”
The president arrived at the medical center in Marine One almost one day after he reported testing positive for the virus via Twitter. Sources say he began displaying mild symptoms earlier in the day such a…
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