Something doesn't sound quite right here. I can see them shipping the excess to other hospitals. I don't think that it would matter to those lovely, generous ladies where they went to, as long it was to an American wounded military person.
Wish they could make up their minds what is wrong. Any volunteers at these hospitals want to comment? When I was still in my 28 years plus volunteering at our local hospital, we volunteers knew pretty well what was happening in the hospital and where and why. And with one of my brothers as security there, I also knew more than the others. Since he had gone to schooll with a lot of the housekeeping staff, they heard what we didn't and felt free to tell brother all!!