Knitaddict is a personal friend of mine. She has told me the story of her dad’s treatment at the Tennessee Veterans Home and it took my breath away. Her father is a couple of years older than my own dad. Her dad has been through some horrors in the Tennessee Veterans Home. But there may be some good news:
Several of my regular readers have expressed interest and CONCERN for my father and ALL of Tennessee’s Veterans who have and STILL reside at the Tennessee State Veterans Home in Murfreesboro, TN. Well, here’s an update…….
We’ve recently been involved in the providing of testimony and EVIDENCE in an investigation by the United States Department of Justice. This investigation has taken place over several months…starting this past spring. Recently, Nashville’s Channel 5 investigative reporter, Jennifer Kraus, unearthed some juicy tidbits that I’m going to link to.
Justice Department ENEMA for Tennessee State Veterans Home
I’ll finish this little post w/this……GOVERNOR BREDESEN, SHAME ON YOU!
Here’s the backstory on the post linked above. All I have to say is, is this how we treat our veterans?
My own experiences with (mis)treatment at VA medical facilities have caused me to conclude that the government needs to get out of the medical business. I think it would save untold millions of dollars — not to mention untold heartache — for the VA to reimburse private physicians for the treatment of veterans and get rid of these outdated facilities and just-out-of-school interns. I know when I’ve gone to a “civilian” hospital complaining of chest pains and shortness of breath I’ve never sat alone, unattended, for three hours the way I was left when I went to the VA hospital for the same complaints.