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Veterans

The River

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12. The VA is Very Responsive

Reply to Victor_c3 (Reply #11)

Sat Jul 30, 2016, 06:31 PM

Jul 2016

Any system as large as the VA is going to have both
small failures and tragedies like this. Nothings perfect.
That said 99.9% of the time it's a class A op.

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Veteran Commits Suicide Hours After Being Turned Away At VA Facility – Rest In Peace [View all] yuiyoshida Jul 2016 OP

This is just heart breaking. No one who seeks help of this nature should ever be turned away. think Jul 2016 #1

Yes, I think that is even more true when a man asked for psychiatric help. avaistheone1 Jul 2016 #4

Agree. There are many stigmas and this is one of them. If someone takes the courage to come forward think Jul 2016 #6

I thought that normal protocol in the psychiatric field was when someone identifies themselves, it is avaistheone1 Jul 2016 #9

How horrible and how terribly sad emulatorloo Jul 2016 #2

WTF? Unacceptable. avaistheone1 Jul 2016 #3

Why does it seem so difficult to 5150 yourself? MattP Jul 2016 #5

This makes me so sad - for him beveeheart Jul 2016 #7

There's an administrative wall between veterans & doctors. Basic LA Jul 2016 #8

Sobbing merrily Jul 2016 #10

That's a bunch of shit Victor_c3 Jul 2016 #11

The VA is Very Responsive The River Jul 2016 #12