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Elderly Veteran Lays on Floor in Pain While Waiting at VA Hospital
[FREEBEACON] An elderly veteran lay on the floor in pain and resorted to using his bag of medication as a pillow while waiting at a Veterans Affairs medical center in Durham, North Carolina on Friday.Stephen McMenamin, a former U.S. Marine who was seeking care, and his wife posted photos of the scene on Facebook and said a nurse at the VA center yelled at the veteran for laying on the floor, Atlanta's WSB-TV reported Monday night. "My wife found it upsetting, so she took a couple pictures," McMenamin told the news station, describing how he witnessed another veteran on the ground using his bag of medication for a pillow after being denied a reclining chair. The elderly patient told the nurse that he could not get off the floor, according to McMenamin. "The nurse started yelling at him, telling him he can't do that. He's like, ’I can't get up and I won't get up. I will be here until you can see me. Can I please have a blanket?'" he said. McMenamin's wife Hannah described in her Facebook post that multiple other veterans in wheelchairs had to wait hours to get care. Posted by: Fred 2017-03-01 |
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