Posted on 07/02/2015 3:45:44 PM PDT by george76
The Department of Veteran's Affairs apparently doesn't have time for the nation's veterans and recently turned at least one young man away after he sought treatment for PTSD. The excuse? The VA just isn't "taking new patients right now."
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Iraq war veteran Chris Dorsey figured that no one would believe he had been turned away from a U.S. Department of Veteran's Affairs clinic when he sought an appointment for post-traumatic stress disorder.
So when he went on Tuesday to another facility, the VA Oakwood, Georgia, Community Based Outpatient Clinic, he flipped on his smartphone camera.
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Unforunately, Dorsey's case isn't an isolated incident. According the the Armed Forces Foundation, the average wait time for veterans to see a specialist for PTSD at the VA is 41 days.
"If it's happening to me, I can't just be be the only one," he said.
Waiting periods for any veteran can be deadly, but especially those suffering from PTSD.
(Excerpt) Read more at townhall.com ...
Ummmm. Not taking new patients? W T F.
Time to clean out the cockroaches in the VA.
It’s time to shut the VA down and issue debit cards good only for medical care, prescriptions, and durable medical goods.
Let doctors, pharmacists, and manufacturers compete in the free market.
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Actually, the Veteran was lucky. The VA is still murdering Veterans through neglect.
This is true. My friend Cliff, a former Seal, has cancer. He can’t swallow anything. His doctor did an enteroscopy and couldn’t even get that down. He did manage to get a very tiny shot on one side. The VA denied him help long ago. Meanwhile, the red tape from his insurance is tying up treatment. A tall, muscular 6’ man now weighs 113 lbs.
Pray for him. He is literally starving to death, despite his feeding tube.
Bingo!
Active Duty/Veteran ping.
Sorry about that. Wrong list.
Active Duty/Veteran ping.
It breaks my heart.
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