The commander of the military’s largest hospital outside the United States was suspended Tuesday as part of an investigation, according to an Army release.

The inquiry into Landstuhl Regional Medical Center commander Col. Timothy Hudson, a career nurse, does not involve patient safety or care, the release said.

“LRMC remains fully mission capable and will continue to provide safe and quality health care for our beneficiaries and mission command oversight of its six geographically separated clinics,” said Brig. Gen. Dennis P. LeMaster, Regional Health Command Europe commander, in the release.

Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, operated by the Army and the Defense Department, has treated nearly 66,000 patients from operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, and military personnel and their families stationed in Germany, since 2004.

Hudson has been in command of the hospital, famous for receiving troops wounded in combat, since last June. His previous assignments include President George W. Bush’s White House Medical Unit and deployment to Iraq and Afghanistan.

Army medic removed from patient care after Snapchat of severed body part An Army medic has been temporarily removed from patient care after posting a Snapchat of a patient’s severed body part in an operating room at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Germany.

A spokesman for RHCE could not confirm whether Hudson is accused of misconduct.

“As for particulars of the investigation, we cannot comment on an ongoing investigation,” Gino Mattorano told Army Times on Tuesday.

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LRMC’s deputy commander, Col. Claude Burnett, has assumed temporary command, the release said.



