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| Two soldiers a day face treatment | Two soldiers a day face treatment |
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| About two UK soldiers a day are flown from war zones for treatment at hospitals in Birmingham. | About two UK soldiers a day are flown from war zones for treatment at hospitals in Birmingham. |
| Figures provided by the under Secretary of State for Defence, Derek Twigg, show between 1 April and 30 September this year 419 soldiers were treated. | Figures provided by the under Secretary of State for Defence, Derek Twigg, show between 1 April and 30 September this year 419 soldiers were treated. |
| Most of the soldiers are taken to the Royal Centre of Defence Medicine located at the University Hospital Birmingham Foundation Trust. | Most of the soldiers are taken to the Royal Centre of Defence Medicine located at the University Hospital Birmingham Foundation Trust. |
| Of those that arrived for treatment most were flown in from Afghanistan. | Of those that arrived for treatment most were flown in from Afghanistan. |
| In answer to a written question from Adam Holloway, MP for Gravesham in Kent, Derek Twigg revealed 222 of the patients were from Afghanistan and 197 from Iraq. | In answer to a written question from Adam Holloway, MP for Gravesham in Kent, Derek Twigg revealed 222 of the patients were from Afghanistan and 197 from Iraq. |
| Some 199 had suffered injuries in battle while another 129 suffered other injuries. | Some 199 had suffered injuries in battle while another 129 suffered other injuries. |
| Ninety-one had a disease. | Ninety-one had a disease. |
| MP Adam Holloway said he raised the question after being concerned by the number of injuries suffered by his former unit - the Grenadier Guards. | MP Adam Holloway said he raised the question after being concerned by the number of injuries suffered by his former unit - the Grenadier Guards. |
| He said they had just returned from Afghanistan, and about 70 out of 600 soldiers had been injured. | He said they had just returned from Afghanistan, and about 70 out of 600 soldiers had been injured. |
| He said: "Six people died but they have had a large number of injuries - it was in the 70s." | He said: "Six people died but they have had a large number of injuries - it was in the 70s." |
| It seemed soldiers have a 10% chance of being injured, he said, and that was why he raised the question. | It seemed soldiers have a 10% chance of being injured, he said, and that was why he raised the question. |
| To date, 82 soldiers have been killed in Afghanistan while 170 have died in Iraq. | To date, 82 soldiers have been killed in Afghanistan while 170 have died in Iraq. |
| A Ministry of Defence spokesman said it was wrong to assume that every soldier who was returned to the UK was suffering from a combat injury. | |
| He said about three-quarters of cases admitted to field hospitals in Afghanistan had involved disease and non-battle injuries. | |
| "... People are surviving injuries that would have killed them only a few years ago," said the MoD spokesman. |