While I realise the issue with keeping soldiers in civilian wards, particularly with undesireables in city centre locations, military hospitals are an outdated concept for two main reasons:
- Far further location from home for most of the injured
- Medical specialisation that provides greater care through professionals dealing with particular issues daily, rather then generic all-in military hospitals with a lesser degree of specialisation than is typical in modern civilian hospitals.
I rather think this debate should be among medical professionals about how to provide the best degree of care than an emotive one among servicemen and officers on PPRuNe, harking back to days when the military had far more personnel than it now does.