The care and treatment of our nation’s veterans during President Barack Obama’s two-terms hasn’t been bad — it’s been deadly.
For years, reports that the Veteran Affair’s hospitals have repeatedly lied and mistreated their patients (so badly, they’ve even desecrated veteran’s corpses and discarded them in piles) — all while Obama had whistle blowers hunted down and protected his cronies to blame for the disgusting system.
Now, the Obama administrations disgusting treatment of veterans has gotten so bad, a southeastern Oklahoma veterans facility reportedly let a grievously ill resident’s wounds become maggot infested, investigators concluded.
That veteran later died after he developed sepsis, which is an immune system response to the infection of a wound.
Four staff members have resigned their positions rather than face the possibility of getting fired Friday.
Oklahoma Department of Veterans Affairs executive director Myles Deering said the maggots were discovered while the patient was alive at the facility in Talihina, about 130 miles southeast of Tulsa. Deering said the maggots were not the cause of his death.
Deering said the veteran came to the center with an infection and died of sepsis, the Tulsa World reported.
The agency said a physician’s assistant and three nurses, including the director of nursing, resigned after an investigation was conducted. Spokesman Shane Faulkner said all four chose to resign before the termination process began.
The incident was reported to the Oklahoma State Department of Health and the district attorney for LeFlore and Latimer counties to determine if any charges should be filed.
Raymie Parker identified the late veteran as his father, Owen Reese Peterson. He died Oct. 3 at age 73.
“During the 21 days I was there … I pled with the medical staff, the senior medical staff, to increase his meds so his bandages could be changed,” Parker said. “I was met with a stonewall for much of that time.”
The Associated Press contributed to this article
Discussing! Criminal charges and malpractice charges should be filed.
Should never happen. Horrible!
As a Certfied Legal Nurse Consultant, USAF Nurse Corps Veteran, and having worked as a contract nurse at two VA hospitals I am appalled by this occurence. Everyone from the Hospital administrator, the doctor assigned to the patient, the chief nurse, charge nurse, Infection Control Dr. and nurse, Pharmacist, Labratory director and every nurse assigned to care for this patient should be prosecuted.
NOT just resign from their positions. UNACCEPTABLE.
CMS JCHO, AMA, ANA, etc all have guidelines that every person licensed to practice must follow.
THERE IS NO EXCUSE FOR THIS.
You are absolutely correct! There is no excuse for this incredibly disgusting bunch of lazy and uncaring individuals to allow anyone to be in that kind of condition. They should ALL lose their licenses and be prosecuted.
You are so right i say if you can’t do your job then get out of it.
Amen! Well put! ????
Amen! Well put! ????
That a girl Paula, I am a disabled vet and use the VA Facilities in St. Louis. I guess Oblamma hasn’t got his teeth in Missouri because our care is 1st class, I wouldn’t trade my VA for any other health care on earth all the doctors and nurses ar respectful and totaly professional. I have had 4 surgeries in the last 11 years and no problems the doctors and nurses go out of their way to make sure that you are doing well.
And the Liberal Left cries for a single payer government run healthcare system . After looking at cases like this for years , what makes them think that throwing another 300 million people into the mix will make it better ?
The VA needs competition. The Vets should be able to seek out anyone of their choosing for their care. When there is no competition for the VA then they are the only Guardians for the care of our Veterans. Corruption runs amuck with no threat of competition. I am sorry for the loss of one of our great ones.. My condolences to the family. Anita, RN
Obama is the worst of the worst with his racial hatred for whites in general and Veterans in particular.
Being a veteran of 30 years, I think that SN Obama must being held accountable for each and every veteran that has died during his shitty 8 years.
Veterans should always become before any foreigner, welfare and others that just work the government for money.
The VSA has been corrupt for years and piss poor leadership is not helping it. Hopefully Trump can put the right person in there and they clean it up. Who is it going to be Mr. President???
obummer is a traitor to the country and should b in prison
Where’s Congress? Where is the VFW to protest this injustice? Hopefully, Mr. Trump will improve things.
Animal should have never been a citizen never mind a president. Disgusting.
Obama has proven over and over again that he has no respect for American and especially our military. Before he leaves I’m sure that more will come to the surface about his policies. He made our Christian Chaplins stop preaching the words of Christ and has even made some of them leave the military with out benefits. He has let tens of thousands of Muslims into our country to the tune of 98% muslims and 2% Christians. His rules of engagement for our troops are so crazy it’s caused many of our troops being killed or wounded. And I’d bet money that he will pardon Sgt. Bergdal before he leaves office. Anything to point a sharp stick in the eyes of Americans. He is a disgusting person who has done more for his kind than the rest of us, and I mean the gay citizens of this Nation. Anyone who doubts it just google Obama’s Mans Country to fine the real truth about this filthy fraud. I blame the GOP for not vetting this scum back in 2007 for being in fair of being called Racist. Trump really needs to drain the swamp and he should start with the GOP. I’ve been a republican my 68 years and they have given him more than any congress has given any democrat. Go figure. Spineless and coward.
The VA hospitals have always been a disaster. Why the picture of Obama? So that your hatred filled readers have more silly reasons to spout their ignorance?
Drink the koolaid Della……
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@Della,
The President’s picture IS appropriate in this. Because, he is ultimately responsible for anything and everything government agencies do. Whatever happens, good or bad, he is the person responsible, PERIOD!
Why after 8 years no action taken to correct these problems? Throwing money at a problem has not worked? Why hasn’t congress been involved to give those in charge the ammunition to correct the problems? Veterans have been failed by congress and the president. Why don’t we see corrective from the union? Why do satellite VA facilities do a fine job and problems occur in large facilities?
Is it time to have the private sector handle what was the VA? My reasoning is nobody wants to correct the problems.
Private sector has capacity available. VA has gone to first place to receive the prize for STUPID !!!!!!!!!!
And who was the POTUS for the past 8 years? There-in is the answer. A non American.
The private secter uses the medical facilities at it’s disposal and most of them are worse. I was instrumental in getting the private sector out of Greenville, NC and getting the VA to take over. When I moved here in 2005 I tried to set an appointment with the “Franchise” VA clinic and was told it would six mos. before I could be seen. the VA directive states that you are to be seen by a healthcare professional within 30 days of your request, if you have already been certified as elegable.
I receive shot’s in my shoulder ever other month, until last month when the N/P told me he was too busy to give me the shot’s. He told me that the VA was over-working him and the other’ that are at the Denver VA hosp. It was 2:oo in the afternoon, and the waiting room maybe had 20 people in it. The cart with the med’s was about 20 feet away from us,, So it’s not only the higher up’s, It’s the lazy people that don’t want to do their job’s. I’ve been waiting for over two month’s to see a ortho spec, to have the shoulder fixed again. They have already operated twice on the right one, and once on the left. They even cut the pain med’s in half for the rest of my problem’s, knee’s, back, shoulder’s and neck. All they want to do is pick up their pay check.. I guess the Vet’s need to pay for the new Hosp. that is already over one and a half BILLILON OVER BUDGET, AND NOW NEED’S ANOTHER
Our Veterans has never been treated this bad (moron) are you a Vet? If not keep your mouth shut and Obama is an infested maggot himself
Our Veterans has never gone through this sort of treatment.Are you a veterans if not keep your mouth shut and we have infested maggots in the WH and they are called Democrats
I was thinking a similar thing: Why would Obama, who has no problem with human maggots who slice people’s heads off, burn people alive, and crucify small children, have a problem with insect maggots?
I’ve been around a long time, and have NEVER heard of anything this bad with the VA … that’s why the connection to Obama.
Why don’t you open your eyes Della, Obumer is a rotten president and we can’t wait to be rid of him and I am a FORMER DEMOCRAT, but I saw the light about the democrats and wanted out, I am now an independent but I still voted for Mr. Trump. If you will open your eyes and your black heart, you will see that President Trump will be the best president we have had in many, many years.
Della,
Not only am I a vet, but also a Registered Nurse who worked at the VA Hospital in Vermont. The care was excellent and each vet was cared for regardless of the cost. This is a supervisory problem under the Obama care. The supervisors should be jailed and Obama censured…..
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No, it’s time they were closed down. The vets should be given an access card just like pensioners get with Medicare, and should be allowed to go anywhere for their care. Period. The VA system is antiquated.
When you have idiots like Kerry and the indian warren, in ort government what do you expect. They should all be tried for treason. Throw in jane communiswt fnda in as well.
You are right schneewichen, If a Vet has a choice he can go to a good VA, and there are many of these or he can then choose a Doctor from a Private Hospital etc. Sometimes it is just a few bad Doctors in a good VA that give the whole VA a bad name.
I have been under the care of the VA for 8 years now in Louisiana the hospital in New Orleans used to be the worst in the country but now I have no complaints about them matter of fact they are the most professional and considerate I have ever had the pleasure to deal with God Bless America And Her Veterans
Like everything else in life their are good facilities and bad ones. What happens is they tend to shift doctors and staff that are mediocre at best around so they become some one else’s problem. That is when care falls down and when all get painted with a brad brush, but a previous post is correct the buck stops at the President’s desk.
What has Obama done to improve the veterans situation?
NOTHING!!!
That makes him part of the problem and also guilty!
The problems with the VA go back many years and as much as I dislike Obama the long term problem was not of his doing. However, when he replaced the person in charge of the VA it became his problem and with most of the controversial issues he has been involved with his lack of action let an already bad system continue.
You are correct in saying “always” however the United States has a commander in chief to correct the unethical behavior in these federally ran facilities. Obama’s failure to do so is a failure at his job. Instead of spending millions of the tax payer dollars on 5 star detention facilities for the illegal Mexican maybe he should have looked out for those who stood at attention to protect this country.
He’s not interested in those of us that stood at attention to protect this country, his whole bent has been to weaken and destroy what was one of the strongest military in the world, by dumping military leaders that were competent at their jobs and replacing them with “YES” people, keeping the VA system as screwed up as possible
Della, Mr. Obama has spend the last eight years blaming anyone and everyone else for his shortcomings. Apparently one of the items he put in storage was Mr. Truman’s sign “The Buck Stops Here.” The hallmark of his administration has been blaming others. He will go down in history as the worst president this nation has ever had. The fact that he is HALF Black will only serve to make it more difficult to elect other fully Black qualified persons to the office. He owes the entire nation–black, white, Latino, Chinese, Japanese, in fact the whole world–an apology for his incompetence.
Go to “disableveterans.org” for this, and many more egregious acts committed by VHA employees against veterans. There are numerous sites showing VA employees getting away with murder.
Be advised, this kind of “medical malpractice” is rampant within the VA.
It’s also rampant within the VBA, (Veterans Benefits Administration), as well.
Veterans need to be better taken care of.
Here’s another article from, “Military Daily News”, from 2 Dec. 2016 by Brendan McGarry titled;
“Vets Groups to Trump Team: Don’t Privatize VA”
30 veterans groups, in a closed door meeting led by the American Legion, wants VA to continue. Why? In my opinion, they will lose their ‘cash cow’! The VSO’s are linked, hand in hand with the AFGE, with why these atrocities are not being expedited in a court system.
These reprobates need criminal charges brought against them. Why were they allowed to quit? Not in this article was about the “Physicians Assistant” being hired the same day at another facility! Why?
Read the ‘comments section’.
And lo and behold, here comes another of the OBUTTMA defenders to spout her ignorance. The MAGGOT in charge needs to be investigated and PROSECUTED for numerous crimes against veterans to include the “death list” AND his utilizing a BOGUS pretext to steal our 2A rights!
They should NOT be allowed to resign. They should have been escorted out of the facility in cuffs and shackles. Apparently this is not an isolated case but how can the doctors and nurses let a wound get that bad — HOW ???????? This is a prime example of how much this country DOES NOT care about it’s veterans, and we have been treated badly since WWI. All anyone has to do is a little research and it will make you sick to find out the feeling this country has towards it’s Veterans — ” don’t need them anymore — dispose of them ” — give them the bare necessities that were promised and send them on their way. Do some research and you will see I am not just blowing smoke. The VA is only 1 agency in our government that mistreats the Veterans. I feel very fortunate to have the VA facility I have close to me. To date I only have one complaint and that deals with a policy with the administrator not the care I have received. My care has been very good at this VA . There is NO — ZERO– excuse for the care from this VA hospital in Oklahoma. I realize President Trump will have a major task in fixing this problem but I have faith. Our Veterans deserve so much more than we are receiving.
Thank you for your service to the
country. This is precisely why the
American people elected Donald
Trump in order to purge the corrupt and horrendous administration of the VA hospitals ,
for the benefit of our Veterans!
Make America Great Again!!!
My husband was not happy with his doctor. He was rude to my hubby. He refused to listen what my hubby was telling him about his pain on his foot. The doctor told him to shut up. We didn’t file a complaint. We just asked for another PCP. We should have complaint but we decided not to. Damn me!
File a complaint now. If he treated you husband that way, you KNOW that he treated other patients the same way. Your complaint may be the one that gets him fired.
Yes there are some good VA care facilities… But everyone of them need updating. Also, have you noticed that the majority of the nurses are not American born citizens? Miami has many of them although they seem to be doing a good job.. I wonder, is it because they work cheaper than American born nurses. All the facilities I have been in are using outdated equipment. My husband has been treated well in Miami and Palm Beach hospitals, but you have to wait a long time for an appointment. I hope “The Donald” will appoint a team to go to each and everyone of these facilities and see that they are ran properly. They should go through them and talk with the patients as well as look at the operating rooms, kitchens and etc’. They should do this without warning of their coming……….. It’s time for cleaning everything up that Obama has neglected…. That #$@*^^&** should be thrown in prison along with all his cronies including Hillary and Bill.. Probably Chelsea too……………..
The brains of the entire Ovomit administration are infested with maggots.
Obama picture was used to remind the readers that the VA final responsible falls on him & NO ONE ELSE! This story just proves everything AMERICA’S REAL PRESIDENT TRUMP has been saying all along. Obama was just a joke playing a puppet role. Thank God the Clinton’s & the Democrats are now in a death spiral.
This is unpardonable! We must have a complete overall of the VA.
And he wants to expand this type of health care for all of us. Why not just line up all the sick people and shoot them. It would probably be more humane than rotting in a government hospital without proper care. I guess the workers and administrators are more worried about if the proper paperwork was filed or not.
Disgraceful!
MYLATE HUSBAND WAS A WW11 VETERAN. WHEN I MET HIM, JOHN SAID I HAVE A HEARING AID WOULD YOU CHECK IT FOR ME. I KNEW THAT KEEPING IT IN A CAR TOLD ME THAT IT WASN;T ANY GOOD. SURE ENOUGH IT WAS FROM THE VA WHICH DOES NOT KEEP UP WITH THE LATEST INSTRUMENTS. JOHN HIT THE JACKPOT WHEN HE MET ME AS I AM A SPEECH PATHOLOGIST AND AUDIOLOGIST,I TRAINED AT THE LEXINGTON SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF IN NEW YORK CITY TO TEACH THE DEAF TO SPEAK. MY MASTERS IS FROM TEACER’S COLLEGE, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY. I SENT JOHN TO AUDIOLOGIST LEEAN LIPMAN AT COLLIN COUNTY IN FRISCO, TEXAS. DON’TGO TO VA OR A HEARING AID STORE.
What the hell is with all caps?
So much for obama’s “legacy”. It’s tainted by his ignoring the problems at the VA which have existed for years. Instead of addressing the obvious criminal behavior of top-down officials at the VA, he would rather go off on a golf vacation or weekend, spending taxpayer money on himself. President-elect Trump will find the right person who will go in and kick you know what from day one. Hopefully the Congress can change the ridiculous rule which prevents firing of Federal employees, or so we are told. A whole bunch of them need to go!!
they all should be brought up on murder or at least manslaughter charges.
OBAMA IS A TRAITOR TO OUR COUNTRY! HE WOULD NOT PLACE HIS HAND OVER HIS HEART DURING THE PLEDGE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, HE HELP KILL OUR MEN IN BENGAZI, AND OVER SEAS, AND HE IS RESPONSEABLLE FOR WHAT HAPPENED AT THE V.A. CLINICS THROUGH OUT THE UNITED STATES. OBAMA IS A HORRIBLE AND TERRIBLE PERSON PERIOD AND TO HAVE A VETERAN DIE WITH MAGGOTS IN HIS WOUND IN AMERICA NOT IN VIET NAM, IS JUST TO TERRIBLE TO COMPREND FOR ANYONE! IT MAKES YOU THINK WHAT IS REALY GOING ON!!!!!!
It is quite possible that Obama is not even a U.S. citizen. In fact, with all of his records sealed except his blatantly fraudulent birth certificate, we don’t know WHAT he is.
If he is not a U.S. citizen, he cannot be charged with treason. This is why he should be charged with treason; it would make him produce all the documents that prove that he isn’t a citizen immediately, so as to avoid a possible death sentence for treason.
It’s probably the only way we can find out just what kind of monster the treacherous Democrats knowingly dumped on America.
Most of them are U.S. citizens, and COULD be charged with treason, if there was sufficient evidence that they conspired to take down the government using Obama as their agent of destruction.
Why did the VA not send the Veteran to a wound care specialist? I am sure the hospital has one available and if not, why not? This is a common problem with older people having poor circulation.
Another story not covered by the mainstream media and yet again another example of the way we veterans are treated by this country after years of service. They hire civilians and foreign doctors to care for patients that they have no sympathy/empathy for at all. As a vet that has tried for years to get assistance with the system and have finally given up, finally understand the old say: they barely care about you while you serve and once you’re done you no longer matter because you don’t serve any more.
What would this country do without it’s volunteer force? Many of us trusted our country to stand by it’s promises (why not we were willing to give our lives for it) only to find out it was nothing but a lie, a half truth, a recruitment promise until the day you are discharged, then you’re nothing.
I hold the veterans in such high esteem that I abhor anyone, who mistreats them. Because Obama is involved in this, I have even more contempt for him, than I did … even while he was lying his way into the White House (duping millions) back in 2009!
My birthday is 1/20 and I am overjoyed that Obama will be leaving the White House (probably moving into a palace, built in his honor, by some Muslim country…more than likely, the one, where he was getting money for his campaigns) to see that Hillary will not be moving her buns BACK into the executive mansion, where I always assumed she wanted to one-up Bill’s sexsins by doing him one better.
The veterans deserve honor. Neither Obama, nor anyone, who denigrates their service, should have honor bestowed to them!!
Most or at least some of Us should remember that, after being elected Obummer stated that each man or woman who joins -the military- -qshould have their own insurence since they knew they were going to do a job that could get them injured or killed and it should not be the government’s duty to supply that insurence1. There were hearings and he was overruled, but you can bet your last almighty dollar that that idea still permeates qqin the halls of the VA , picking and choosing who gets treatment or the bums rush. OUR NEW PRESIDENT must clean house and help save these service personnel who helped save us. LEAST WE FORGET OUR LORD GOD IS WATCHING HOW WE PROTECT OUR WARRIOR HEROS, WE HAVE BEEN FOREWARNED, we came very close ro losing our country this past year, SO, PEOPLE PLEASE WAKE UPQ !!!qq
Many, many of our warriors are neglected. Many just give up and commit suicide, Go down to Miami’s VA Hospital and look at these guys just wondering around… I think some are allowed to sleep there at night..
Look at how many have just given up hope to be cared for.. Every time we went out to care for our horses in Southwest Ranches the turn off intersection was lined with veterans begging for money. Some in wheelchairs and some with no legs.. Shame on America for allowing this Kenyan to come into the White house and destroy our way of life.. Thank God He has given us an American that loves this country to be our next President.. Look at how Hillary had the voting machines rigged in Wisconsin…Explosive PROOF Hillary rigged election!?As Hillary Clinton and Jill Stein push their desperate election recount attempt, one Wisconsin observer noticed something small — but the implications are HUGE. We need to pray that God will lead Trump as he choses his personal and the decisions they make.. America needs to come back to the God our Fore-Fathers worshiped…… We have to many religions trying to get rid of God in this country.. If they don’t believe in God the Creator of Heaven and Earth, they need to leave this country and go back to their own land…………
These four should be held without bond until an investigation is complted and then be charged for their crimes. This is the kind of **** the VA (bureaucrats, employees) do to earn their bonuses. And why isn’t this on CNN?
Don’t forget people, THIS IS GOVERNMENT HEALTHCARE!
I got one worse. I was a “Turnaround Expert”, meaning I would go into facilities and find out what was going on from the bottom up and I do mean from the janitors to those doing the floors at night up to the top. I was the ADON of a very well known facility for the aged with an Alzheimer Unit and ICU when going through the facility I found a patient with a bed sore that was huge and it was crawling with baby roaches. So believe me there is corruption and neglect in every single hospital and medical facility. It will get worse for vets if a good, strong, person who understands the medical field is not nominated for the Head of the VA.
My mother joined the USArmy during WWTwo and when she became sick the VA told her they would call her when her tests came back. They never called her but put her on hold. For six months she tried to contact them. Then she went to the Mayo Clinic where they said her cancer was too far spread and she died. The Phoenix VA killed her. It is still broken. John McCain ignored our letters and calls.
Obama doesn’t believe in American exceptionalism and because of his ancestral history he disdains anything he believes is emblematic of white imperialism, especially the American military. That being said, is anyone actually surprised by how much he has fostered our military decline and the shameful treatment of our veterans?
One has to believe that the VA culture starts at the top and is carried down to the very bottom. As such the actions of our Commander In Chief, Obama, has been lacking in care and actions for the last 8 years as he directed his attention to creating more racism, more government, higher taxes, lower credit ratings for the USA, and destroying out military which he has an absolute disrespect for. This man is the maggot in control of our country and we cannot get rid of him soon enough. He should be ashamed of himself but of course he isn’t as he continues to destroy the nation he hates so much.
Obama responsible? “A fish stinks from the head down, not from the tail up!
AMEN BROTHER David!!!!!!!!! You said it all in a few words………………
This is what Obamacare!!!!! has done to us Vets.. Before Obama was elected; the VA. was a great place for us Vets who needed help.. Now: Any disabled VET who needs help has to damn near beg for care that we have already earned from our service to the country we love!!! I am A Vietnam Vet with PTSD. The VA cared about us before Obama!! You can all decide for yourselves what’s happening now!!!!!!!! I feel betrayed by Obama!!!
I TOO AM A VETERAN. I have been going to VA hospitals and private clinics since June 1984. The hospital in Nashville, TN treated patients according to the war they were involved with. We Viet Nam Veterans if able were tasked with pushing other veterans that could not walk around in wheelchairs. Lucky they didn’t make us mop the floor. My DR. there asked me if the treatment I was getting was helping me and when I said no, she discharged me from the hospital to deal with my Injuries on my on. I didn’t trust the VA at all after that but later a friend of mine talked me in to going to the hospital at Mountain Home VA Hospital in Johnson City, TN i have had good care there and bad care. At one time I was allowed to go to a private Clinic in Ewing, VA and received excellent care there. I am now back at Mountain Home on an out patient basics and have been treated really well most of the time. Medical care haw been satisfactory but administration I have dealt with acted like I was wasting there time and got rid of me as fast as they could. I have a new DR now and the VA is rushing to take patients off pain meds by CDC directive so guess I will have to spend the rest of my life stuck in a recliner watching the boring crap they put on TV. Just my two cents worth. Oh, Yea, they have provided me with eye glasses, hearing aids, the latest, and blood pressure monitors. Any time I have had a problem, the equipment has been repaired or replaced. You have to ask a lot of questions. No one volunteers information. Guess It saves the VA a lot of money if patients don’t know what services are available.
God Bless you OLDER HIPPIE & PAUL… You’ll be in my prayers… Don’t ever give up.. God is on your side.. We are too.. There are always some good people that care in these hospitals.. They are just hard to come by… Let’s hope
Trump will make the VA administration one of his top priorities… God bless you…
Never give up hope…
send o bummer back to own damn country
I’ve been getting periodic treatment from the Veterans Hospital in Kansas City for 30 years. I give them A+ A+A+ throughout their operations here.
My father was a veteran, Marine in Korea and the Air Force following his Marine enlistment. A chest full of medals and ribbons from the Korean “Conflict”. He had buddies that he went to see before he told me the following.
His statement to me “never take me to a VA hospital”
Before he died he and the family paid his medical expenses in a REAL hospital with top notch Doctors and staff. They care.
Even if the money is a driving factor I didn’t care.
You/anyone go “visit” a VA hospital and check the condition the building, the equipment and even more noticeable is the staff, neon signs on their foreheads blinking “STUPID”
Just another glaring example of his non legacy taking precedence over anything that might have a negative impact on him like an avoidable death of a brave Veteran. Only surrounds himself with yes people to avoid any unpleasant issues coming to the forefront – we’ll be a happy people and country come January 20th.
DISGUSTING! Yes Obama is to blame but so is every other president since the start of the Vietnam war. I am a 100% rated disabled combat veteran. But I am fortunate enough to be financially successful in my life. In 1965 I was asked to leave high school and was homeless and I escaped into the army. On returning from combat I went to the Phila VA hospital for care. They would only let me see an Rn and not an MD. I was given a script from a pad that had the doctors name stamped on it and not original. So no doc seen. I went private on my own but needed the VA exams to validate my disability for pension compensation. It took me from 1969 to 2012 to get my final rating. The VA is basically waiting for us to die so they can divert our compensation to illegal aliens and those blood suckers that choose not work or to be self sufficient. The VA is encrusted with civilian employees that are truly the “deplorables” the new “national patronage employer”. These incompetent non caring all races, nonmotivated, lazy, low lifes have been there since I started going to the VA in the 60s. It’s not a new story but Obama made noise that it would be corrected, but it continues to get worse. We were disrespected when we returned and it continues. Lip service is cheap and easy. Most of us know that unless your a vet you don’t understand or care. This is so wide spread that even the disgraceful veteran senator from Arizona has not done what is proper for veterans. This system is 100% broken. If you are a vet and need help you must be your own advocate. If you think you will be well taken care of by the VA or the federal govt you will be disappointed. I wish you all the best and luck. Vietnam vet 68-69
Obama the terrorist, Which I will never forget the GOP for not impeaching him or at least censuring him. He hates our Military, So does Hillary
I am a Vietnam disabled vet with some information….many of the doctors within the VA are doing their residency requirements. They are treated like fully documented doctors but they are actually students. Does that make the vets experimental patients maybe but it is obvious to anyone who uses the VA hospitals that the doctors are not fully capable of treating the patient. For example; I have been going to the same hospital for many years for the same problems (reoccurring from combat) however, each time I see a doctor I have to explain why I am there and for what. It is the turnover of doctors and nurses that cause many of the problems. They are competing for grades not for the health of the patient. As for the other areas of the VA here is one I just got…I received a notice that I owe the VA a little over $42,000.00 that they overpaid to me. I can for sure state they did not give me a lump sum of that amount. But, they also did not say how I was overpaid or for how long. They did say they are going to collect it back starting Jan 2017. Unfortunately, there are no VA help groups in this small town I live in. This is the Obama way to get money for his giveaways. They make a mistake (if it was one) let it go on for years then say it is my fault and want it back in a lump sum. If anyone knows of a group (I have no money for a lawyer or payment) that can help a vet here is my contact information…Robert Taylor 820 Circle St. Wenatchee, WA 98801 usewillow at nwi dot net if this goes through. Happy Holidays to all and to the vets Thanks for your service.
President Obama does not work in the hospitals of any state. That is the job of the medical staff. Did the man come when the wound was first opened, or was he trying to take care of it himself. It is the responsibility of you, your family, friends, and medical staff to see to it that you get your medical help in time. If for any reason it is delayed, it is on you. President Obama Administration has done more for Veterans than any other President other than Roosevelt, thanks to Eleanor. Stop blaming the President for your personal responsibility, if he was the doctor in charge, then yes he is to be blamed. Veterans benefits are there to be used by whosoever will use them. Stop the lies Newscasters. Actually, in California, we see a much improved Veterans Administration under the Obama Administration because California take advantage of resources. We also seek to get rid of those who do not perform well. If others states do not keep up with change, or keep putting up with those who do not perform their service well, you cannot blame the President. You can lead a horse to water, but you cannot make him drink. Were any of you available when the person first got hurt and opened the wound, do you have record of all processes taken to make him better and take care of it? Where did the veteran fail? My family is full of veterans and they are in different states, I do not hear any of them complaining about veterans medical service, they seem well pleased. Think how long it takes for maggots to be found in a wound. There was a neglect by the veteran and his family. Please check all facts.
Find out the names of the people who did not do their jobs and allowed this man to die and sue their damn pants off…..then go after the doctors….then the VA….and file negligible homicide against ALL of them. This is so bad it makes me madder than hell.
Believe me, I am one of those vets rhat have been misdiagnosed wirh a problem that has got our of hand, a ” charcot knot ” on my left foot, that started out 7 or 8 years ago. It has reached baseball size on my foot. Only aggravated by an ulcer in the center of the knot, causing loss of being to walk on foot. Fast foward, letter to Director of V.A., mo response, letter to President Obama, maybe response soon, but I will not hold my breath on it either. They just don’t care. George
Contact your Congressman and don’t give up! There is the Veteran’s Choice Program, too. Once you contact them for an appointment they must get you in to see a Dr. within 30 days or authorize you to use a Dr. in the civilian community. Also, almost every county has a Veteran’s Service Officer (VSO) assigned to assist Veteran’s with issues in any area. God bless you!
If anyone still believes our jihadist-in-chief does not hate the United States and its citizens, this should be final proof. Anything that can hurt US interests has been pursued enthusiastically. Anything that showed respect to any US institutions, the lives and safety of US citizens, here and abroad, any protection offered to anyone who is not a radical Islamist, has been avoided if not outright prohibited. Do you really think such an atrocity would have occurred if those in charge had any fear of repercussions from above?
Outsource VA HC alone, have it compete for Basic services alone.
Hire new MD etc
Hire New blood.
Give Vets more Say in VA
More can be done
Nationwide.
This has to take the cake. How this could happen is beyond believe. To me this is the same as murder. There has to be something more then being dismissed or them quiting that can be done. Gold help all.
Though compelling, this story failed from the headline forward. Maggots only eat dead tissue.
Maggots do indeed eat DEAD TISSUE but, if properly monitored, only to the extent that the underlying good tissue may regenerate and promote healing. During the Vietnam conflict, this method was used to remove necrotic tissue from wounds to facilitate healing. Many combat marines owe their lives and recovery to this method.
How much do you KNOW about maggots ? They are not an infestation which CAUSES infection ; but rather RESULTS FROM NEGLECT of an EXISTING ONE ! A maggot is : A soft bodied leafless grub that is the larva of a dipterous insect (as the horsefly.)
Maggots occur as a RESULT of flies laying eggs in dead or dying tissues ; later to develop into adult flies while eating ONLY DEAD TISSUES : in other words, eating GANGRENE !!! The presence of maggots PROVES the lack of cleansing maintenance of a wound ; to ALLOW the growth of NEW, HEALTHY TISSUE beside the wounded area(s.) In a wound it is NECESSARY to clear away dead tissue (by cutting, scraping, or other method) before it becomes possible that new tissue CONNECT to the existing tissues ! The body has SOME natural ability to fight infections ; but is sometimes overwhelmed by the amount of needs involved. Anti-biotic treatments can assist, to SOME degree ; but CLEANLINESS OF THE WOUND SITE IS OF HIGHEST IMPORTANCE ! I treated men hurt in the Vietnam Nam war ; in an Army hospital in Japan. Our mission was to try our best to return them to good health ; whether to return them to duty or to return them back home. We CARED FOR THEM ; AND CARED ABOUT THEM !!!
Tom S. US Army, 1965-1967
Sources or it didn’t happen.