Defense Infrasturcture: Documentation lacking to Fully Support How DOD Determined Specifications for the Landstuhl Replacement Medical Center. Report to the Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies, Committee on Approp

摘要

Landstuhl Regional Medical Center (LRMC) is DOD's only tertiary medical center in Europe that provides specialized care for servicemembers, retirees, and their dependents. Wounded servicemembers requiring critical care are medically evacuated from overseas operations to the 86th Medical Group clinic at Ramstein Air Base to receive stabilization care before being transported to LRMC for intensive care. According to DOD, both facilities were constructed in the 1950s and are undersized to meet current and projected workload requirements. DOD plans to consolidate both facilities into a single medical center at an estimated cost of 1.2 billion. In this report, GAO (1) describes how DOD considered changes in posture and the beneficiary population when developing facility requirements, (2) assesses DOD's process for determining facility requirements, and (3) reviews DOD's process to develop the facility's cost estimate. GAO examined posture planning documentation, beneficiary demographic data, plans for the replacement medical center, and relevant DOD guidance, as well as interviewed relevant DOD officials.