Veteran dies waiting for ambulance in VA hospital in New Mexico

CBS News ^ | July 3, 2014

[Oldeconomybuyer]

A veteran who collapsed in an Albuquerque Veterans Affairs hospital cafeteria, 500 yards from the emergency room, died after waiting 30 minutes for an ambulance, officials confirmed Thursday.

Officials at the hospital said it took a half an hour for the ambulance to be dispatched and take the man from one building to the other, which is about a five minute walk.

VA spokeswoman Sonja Brown said Kirtland Air Force Medical Group personnel performed CPR until the ambulance arrived.

She says staff followed policy in calling 911 when the man collapsed on Monday. "Our policy is under expedited review," Brown said.

[stevem]

The VA hospitals were great before the Obama Administration took over. My grandfather and father both received good treatment from the VA...Like everything else the Obama Administration touches, it has been ruined.

We get our health insurance through my wife's job. She works for a health insurance company.

When obama succeeds in destroying the health insurance industry, I'm going to be left with the VA. I hope by then they are taking spouses and that the VA in my neighborhood is as good as it has been.

[Osage Orange]

Ted Kennedy (who has been sober for some time now) used to speak about the lib plan to screw up the health care system so much with regulations, etc. that eventually people would turn to single payer as a solution.

LOL!!! Considering he's DEAD...he's not been a drinking for some time now!!!

[SECURE AMERICA]

Wait.. The Hospital ER had no gurneys available that someone could have taken to the cafeteria and then transported the stricken vet to the ER??
What the hell is wrong with people?