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Wednesday, March 4, 2009
News Why don't we take better care of our Vets?
Posted By Rhiannon Fionn-Bowman on Wed, Mar 4, 2009 at 2:17 PM
How screwed up are we as a society? We entice young men and women to join the military with tens of thousands of dollars in signing bonuses, pat them on the back and tell them that they're courageous and patriotic, then, once they return home, we turn our backs on them. WTF is wrong with us?
If you've got something to say about this giant pile of steaming nonsense, you need to attend this meeting: Catawba Valley Community College in Hickory and in Salisbury on March 30th.
The VA Medical Center in Salisbury has begun town hall meetings to drum up veteran support for a plan to eliminate emergency room and acute services the hospital in 2013.The Department of Veterans Affairs originally planned to shut the ER at the Salisbury Hospital last year, but outrage from patients and employees pushed the change back to 2013. Meantime, hospital administrators are working to convince veterans it will be a positive change, since they'll be treated at private hospitals closer to home.
Read the rest of this WFAE.org article here.
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