Three veterans have died within a span of a week at VA facilities, once again highlighting the lack of care veterans are getting.
WASHINGTON — Three suicides occurred during a five-day period on Department of Veterans Affairs properties, prompting reaction this week from Capitol Hill.
Two veterans died by suicide in Georgia, one April 5 at a parking garage at the Carl Vinson VA Medical Center in Dublin and the other April 6 outside the main entrance to the Atlanta VA Medical Center in Decatur, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported.
On Tuesday, a veteran shot himself in the waiting room at a VA clinic in Austin, Texas, according to KWCX-TV.
“Those deaths did not go by me without noticing them, nor has it gone by me that we have a job to do,” Sen. Johnny Isakson, R-Ga., said Wednesday during a Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee hearing.
Really sad. I hope the VA can address this and improve services.
Smyrna
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That’s a very strong condemnation of one entity, based on very little knowledge of what happened prior in their lives and during their time being treated. That said, this problem needs to be immediately addressed.
