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Have you or anyone you know ever had any problems with the Veterans Administration, Military hospitals, etc?

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Army Secretary Resigns in Wake of Scandal
AP
WASHINGTON (March 2) - Army Secretary Francis J. Harvey abruptly stepped down Friday as the Bush administration struggled to cope with the fallout from a scandal over substandard conditions for wounded Iraq soldiers at Walter Reed Army Medical Center.

The surprise move came one day after Harvey fired the two-star general in charge of the medical center in response to disclosures of problems at the hospital compound.

Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Harvey had resigned. But senior defense officials speaking on condition of anonymity said Gates had asked Harvey to leave. Gates was displeased that Harvey, after firing Maj. Gen. George Weightman as the head of Walter Reed, chose to name as Weightman’s temporary replacement another general whose role in the controversy was still in question.

President Bush on Friday ordered a bipartisan review of U.S. military and veterans hospitals after a scandal over wounded troops receiving subpar care.

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6 Responses to “Have you or anyone you know ever had any problems with the Veterans Administration, Military hospitals, etc?”

  1. mr_methane_gasman on April 18th, 2009 1:09 pm

    No. I am a veteran and currently work with veterans of all eras. In my state the single VA hospital is very good and the outpatient clinics are very good. All in all the vets I come in contact with that use the VA for medical and hospitalization are pretty satisfied. I am sure in larger cities this might not always be the case.

  2. Tommy M on April 18th, 2009 5:24 pm

    I spent 20 years in the military, but I never went to the VA to get free money that everyone else seems to be getting.

    I know people who claim they are disabled, and they get all kinds of disability and free money for schooling. They also get free computers.

    I personally could have done the same, but I have morals.

    BY no means am I saying that service members who were really injured in combat or in the line of duty don’t deserve to get benefits.

    BUT the VA system is broke and 30 or 40% of the people who claim are disabled are really not, they are just using and milking the system.

  3. melissaw219 on April 21st, 2009 11:04 pm

    I was hospitalized for a week in the Veterans Hospital South Bronx NY. While the conditions were acceptable. I hardly recieved any attention unless I buzzed for them. The doctors never really gave me any answers and actually came in to cut open my leg while I was eating lunch. I almost got sick in my pudding! Vets are humans and should be treated with respect.

  4. John r on April 24th, 2009 4:18 pm

    On Monday 26Feb, I had surgery at the VA hospital and the way they treated me, you would have thought I was the most important person in the world. It was the same about 8 years ago when my wife had surgery. I have no complaints.

  5. mixed on April 25th, 2009 11:49 pm

    Yes .on a personal level,took along time to get through the piles of red tape, suddenly missing medical records, going through a Congressional,& lot’s of our own leg work.
    Felt like we were going against a tidal wave.We won.
    But…as in every job, and this was a job, you have leaders and supervisors, as in this insidence the leader was not doing his job and lot’s of people were suffering, his having a few bars on his shoulder didn’t make him above reproach, he needs to be held accountable for his gross negligence.
    I am glad this has been brought to light , wish it had been sooner, makes you wonder how many others are not doing there jobs also…. Our vets, reservists& active duty deserve the best at all times..
    p.s The military hospitals overseas, are careless and negligant also,Korea’s & Germany’s are two that we have had bad experiences with…

  6. ~*Allypooh*~ on April 28th, 2009 7:12 pm

    Good grief, don’t get me started.
    It’s like that EVERYWHERE…..Walter Reed just got CAUGHT. I could go on and on with horror stories about almost all the the hospitals I’ve either served at, or received care at. My husband nearly died being medevaced because of the crapass health care. It’s sad: military healthcare used to be very, very good. My father was career military, and I remember all that had to be done was to flash an ID card, and that was it. Now…like I said, it’s ’subpar’ care all over. It stinks. Just a few days ago, I talked to my husband about moving our primary care to a civilian provider. I never thought I’d do that, but that’s how rotten the medical system has gotten. It’s like they’re trying to get rid of all military medical personel and replace it with civilian contractors, so if the care goes to hell, they can blame it on the miltary and replace it. I’d be really worried if one of my family members was really injured or sick. We’d be up s*%$ creek.