Veterans 'Yelled In Pain' As VA Staff Neglected Them

A PHOTO SHOWING A VETERANS MEDICAL CENTER IN NORTH
CAROLINA HAS GONE VIRAL SPECIFICALLY BECAUSE OF HOW
NEGLECTFUL IT SEEMS THIS PARTICULAR CENTER IS TOWARD
THE VETERANS WHO ARE SEEKING MEDICAL ATTENTION.
THE PHOTO IS DIFFICULT TO LOOK AT BUT TAKE A QUICK LOOK AT
THESE VETERANS WHO ARE OBVIOUSLY ELDERLY LAYING THERE.
APPARENTLY THE WOMAN WHO TOOK THE PHOTO AND SHARED ON
FACEBOOK SAID THAT SOME OF THESE VETERANS WERE JUST IN PAIN
AND JUST LEFT THERE FOR HOURS AND SHE WAS UPSET ABOUT IT.
HER FACEBOOK POST INCLUDED THAT PHOTO IN THE FOLLOWING
CAPTION: YESTERDAY THIS WAS TAKEN FEBRUARY 24 OF 2017
WHILE IN DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA VA HOSPITAL, MY HUSBAND STEPHEN
MCNAIR MEN AND I WITNESSED SOME VERY DISTURBING EVENTS.
THE MAN IN THE WILTSHIRE ON THE LEFT WAS WAITING IN THE
WAITING ROOM AT LEAST THREE HOURS.
THE MAN BENT OVER GRABBING THE CHAIR WAS YELLING IN PAIN
AND WAS BORDERLINE CONVULSING AND ALMOST FALLING OUT OF
HIS CHAIR HE WAS IN SO MUCH PAIN.
NO ONE PAID HIM ANY ATTENTION INTO LAYPERSON NURSE TO
PLEASE CHECK ON HIM.
THE GENTLEMAN SAT IN THE WAITING ROOM AND EXTREME PAIN FOR
HOURS UPON HOURS WITH VERY LITTLE ATTENTION PAID TO HIM.
WHEN SHE POSTED THE PICTURE I JUST WANT TO NOTES WE DIDN'T
CENSOR THEIR FACES, SHE DID AND SO SHE IS PROTECTING THE PRIVACY
AND IDENTITIES OF THESE PEOPLE BUT THE HOSPITAL ACTUALLY
REACHED OUT TO HER AND ASKED HER TO TAKE THE PHOTO DOWN WHEN SHE
REFUSED TO DO SO BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT IT IS GOING VIRAL AND
IT IS DRAWING ATTENTION TO A SERIOUS ISSUE AND APPARENTLY ONE
OF THE MEN IN THE PHOTO REACHED OUT TO HER AND SAID YOU
HAVE MY SUPPORT, PLEASE DO WHAT YOU CAN TO DRAW ATTENTION
TO THIS THOUGHT
BEN SOMETIMES SAYS THAT A PICTURE DOESN'T SAY 1000
WORDS BECAUSE THE LIFESTYLE IF YOU JUST TAKE A SNAPSHOT,
YOU MIGHT GET A MISLEADING SENSE OF WHAT IS GOING ON BUT THEY
WERE THERE, THEY WITNESSED IT AND IT WASN'T JUST A SNAPSHOT.
IT WAS THREE HOURS.
I HAVE BEEN IN EMERGENCY ROOMS WHERE SOME OF THE WORKERS THERE
HAVE GOTTEN USE TO A LOT OF PAIN AND PEOPLE COMPLAINING ABOUT
PAIN SO YOU WILL SIT THERE FOR HOURS WHEN YOU ARE IN A TON OF
PAIN, BUT WE SHOULDN'T GET USED TO IT AND WE SHOULDN'T BE
CALLOUS ESPECIALLY IF IT'S A VETERAN WHO FOUGHT FOR OUR
COUNTRY.
WE TALK A BIG GAME, ALL THE POLITICIANS TALK A BIG GAME
ABOUT HOW MUCH THEY LOVE VETERANS, DEMOCRATS AND
REPUBLICANS AND THEY STAND FOR THE TROOPS AND THEY ARE ALL
ABOUT SUPPORTING THE TROOPS AND THEN WHEN THE TROOPS ARE BEING
MISMANAGED AND MISHANDLED AND MISTREATED ALL OF THE
SUDDEN NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE STANDING BEHIND THEM.
IT'S A PERFECT TALKING POINT WHEN THEY ARE CAMPAIGNING.
JUST LIKE ALL THE ISSUES THEY TALK ABOUT NEVER DO ANYTHING
ABOUT UP UNTIL TRUMP ACTUALLY NO ONE WOULD EVER DO ANYTHING WHEN
IT CAME TO IMMIGRATION REFORM, COMPREHENSIVE IMMIGRATION
REFORM.
HE WAS PROBABLY THE ONLY POLITICIAN WHO
CAMPAIGNED ON AND ACTUALLY WENT ON CARRIED THROUGH OR IS
ATTEMPTING TO CARRY THROUGH HIS QUESTIONABLE POLICY IDEAS
BUT WHEN IT COMES TO THIS, I THINK THAT PEOPLE THAT PICTURE
ILLUSTRATES BOTH THE FAILURE OF THE DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS
STOP FIRST OF ALL, REPUBLICANS ALWAYS TALK ABOUT HOW MUCH
THEY CARE ABOUT OUR VETERANS BUT THEY HAD VOTED TIME AND TIME
AGAIN AGAINST FUNDING THE VA, OR THEY VOTED IN FAVOR OF CUTTING
FUNDS FOR THE VA AND TRUMP IS BEEN VERY CLEAR ABOUT THE
FACT THAT THEY WANT TO PRIVATIZE THE VA BECAUSE IT IS FAILING.
IS FAILING BECAUSE YOU GUYS KEEP CUTTING FUNDING TO IT.
IT'S A FAILURE BY THE DEMOCRATS BECAUSE THEY DON'T FIGHT.
BERNIE SANDERS AUTHOR LEGISLATION BACK IN 2014, THE
VETERANS HEALTH AND BENEFITS AND VETERAN PAN RESTORATION ACT I
WAS SUPPOSED TO EXPAND HEALTH CARE AND EDUCATION FOR A
VETERANS AND SENATE REPUBLICANS ATTACHED AN AMENDMENT TO
THE BILL WHICH WOULD OF IMPOSED SANCTIONS ON A RANT.
I LOVE BERNIE SANDERS FOR AUTHORING THIS KIND OF
LEGISLATION WE KNOW HE IS A FIGHTER BY OTHER DEMOCRATS
SHOULD'VE BEEN SO AGGRESSIVE.
THEY SHOULD'VE GONE ON EVERY SINGLE CABLE SHOW AND MADE
A BIG DEAL ABOUT THAT.
WHY REPUBLICANS POLITICIZING THIS ISSUE?
DON'T THE REPUBLICS CARE ABOUT OUR VETS CLUSTER THEY SAY
THEY DO SO WHERE THEY TRIED TO MAKE THIS AN ISSUE ABOUT A RON?
WHICH OF COURSE IS GOING TO LEAD TO DIVISION WITHIN CONGRESS
AND IT IS NEVER GOING TO PASS AND IT DIDN'T.
THEY THINK IT IS A CUTE LITTLE TRICK.
I SAW FOR EIGHT YEARS WITH THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION ALL OF THE
BUMPER STICKERS AS WE WERE SENDING THEM TO WAR ABOUT
SUPPORTING THE TROOPS AND THEN I SAW THEM CUT THE VA.
IT'S ALL ABOUT PRIORITIES.
THEY HAVE PLENTY OF MONEY FOR TAX CUTS.
THEY HAD PLENTY OF MONEY TO START THE WARS IN THE FIRST
PLACE.
WE SPENT SEVERAL TRILLION DOLLARS BUT REMEMBER A LOT
OF THE MONEY WE SPENT GOES TO DEFENSE CONTRACTORS.
SOMEBODY THEY DONATED TO POLITICIANS GOT REALLY RICH OFF
OF THEM BUT THERE IS NOBODY THAT IS DONATING TO POLITICIANS THAT
ARE LOOKING OUT FOR VETERANS IN THE VETERANS ADMINISTRATION.
WHEN IT COMES TO THAT, THERE'S NO CASH IN IT FOR THE
POLITICIANS SO IT'S JUST A NUMBER STICKER.
WE WERE JUST MESSING WITH YOU.
JUSTICE A WEEK HOW MUCH DID TRUMP WANT TO SPEND ON
EXPANDING THE MILITARY OR AT LEAST ONE THING MORE
ALLOCATING MORE FUNDS TO THE MILITARY.
84 BILLION WASN'T?
IT WAS 54 BILLION THOUGHT
54 BILLION, FOR WHAT?
PRIVATE CONTRACTORS, WEAPON MANUFACTURERS BUT CERTAINLY
NOT TO FUND THE VA THAT THE VA IS A GREAT THING TO TALK
ABOUT WHEN YOU ARE CAMPAIGNING.
ITíS A GREAT THING OF
GREAT WAY OF PUSHING FOR PRIVATIZING IT, JUST SUCK
THE FUNDING OUT OF AND THEN PRIVATIZE IT WHICH BY THE WAY,
WE KNOW WHAT PRIVATE HEALTHCARE IS LIKE IN THE UNITED STATES.
YOU WANTED TO DO FOR THE VA AS WELL?
THE REASON WHY PUBLIC PROGRAMS FAIL IS BECAUSE YOU SUCK
THE FUNDING OUT OF IT.
THEY'RE DOING IT WITH PUBLIC EDUCATION AND THE VA AND IT
IS SO FRUSTRATING BECAUSE PEOPLE KEEP CALLING FOR A DOCK
LASTLY, JUST A COUPLE OF MORE EXAMPLES OF HOW THEY DO
THAT CONSISTENTLY.
FOR EXAMPLE, THEY TAKE MONEY OUT OF THE IRS TO THE IRS DOESN'T
HAVE THE RESOURCES TO CATCH TAX THESE AND THEN THEY SAY IT ISN'T
WORKING AND RAISING MORE MONEY OUT OF IT THE REASON IS THERE
DONORS ARE TAX CHEATS SO THEY DON'T WANT IRS FUNDED BECAUSE
THEY WOULD CATCH THE DONORS WHO ARE GIVING MILLIONS OF DOLLARS.
BY THE WAY, REPUBLICANS DO IT AND DEMOCRATS DON'T FIGHT BACK.
WHY?
BECAUSE THEY BOTH HAVE GIANT OWNERS.
THAT'S HOW THIS GAME IS PLAYED.
POST OFFICE, ANOTHER GREAT EXAMPLE.
THEY DO AN ACCOUNTING TRICK ON THE POST OFFICE AND DEVASTATE
THEIR BUDGET AND A TURN AROUND AND GO SEE, THE POST OFFICE IS
RUNNING
OUT OF MONEY?
BUT WAIT, THAT WAS BECAUSE OF A SPECIFIC
BILL THAT YOU PASSED AND THEY SAY NO, WE'RE GOING TO PRIVATIZE
IT.
IT'S NOT WORKING.
YOU CAN SEND IT NOW THROUGH UPS OR FEDEX WHO IS GIVING
CAMPAIGN DONATIONS, AND HAVE TO PAY 15 OR $20.
WHAT DO YOU MEAN PRIVATIZE IT?
THEY HATE THE PUBLIC OPTION BECAUSE IF IT IS PROPERLY
FUNDED IT OFTENTIMES WORKS, LIKE FOR EXAMPLE SOCIAL SECURITY
AND MEDICARE.
THE TWO MOST POPULAR PROGRAMS IN THE COUNTRY AND THEY'RE
PUBLICLY FUNDED.
THERE FUNDED BY US.
THEY ARE GOVERNMENT PROGRAM AND THEY WORK.
WHEN YOU SLASH THEIR FUNDING THEN YOU TURNAROUND AND GO
IT DOESN'T
WORK, WHY?
BECAUSE YOU WANT TO PRIVATIZE SO YOUR
DONORS CAN GET RICH.
THEY PLAY THESE GAMES WITH OUR VETERANS YOU SAW THAT PICTURE.
PEOPLE WHO ARE READY TO GIVE THEIR LIVES FOR US AND
OFTENTIMES GAVE THEIR HEALTH FOR US AND THEY STILL PLAY
THESE GAMES ON THEM.

Veterans 'Yelled In Pain' As VA Staff Neglected Them

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