{"id":72506,"date":"2017-06-02T09:37:47","date_gmt":"2017-06-02T13:37:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=72506"},"modified":"2017-06-02T09:51:53","modified_gmt":"2017-06-02T13:51:53","slug":"veterans-remains-found-in-dc-va-parking-lot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=72506","title":{"rendered":"Veteran’s remains found in DC VA parking lot"},"content":{"rendered":"

NBC Washington<\/a> reports that a veteran was found dead in his car in the parking lot of the District of Columbia’s VA hospital facility. His sister reported the veteran missing when he didn’t return home from an appointment on May 15th. After her repeated calls to the VA, the sister went to search the parking lot herself on May 17th and found his unresponsive body.<\/p>\n

A police report obtained by the I-Team said the veteran was found \u201cslumped over\u201d and unconscious in a vehicle at the medical center\u2019s parking lot. The large DC VA Medical Center, which sits along Irving Street near North Capitol Street in Northwest, has a large, open-air parking lot near its main entrance.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re investigating the time lag,\u201d acting medical center Director Larry Connell said.<\/p>\n

The medical examiner is still determining the cause of death, Connell said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI met with the veteran\u2019s sister that evening and expressed our condolences,” Connell said.<\/p>\n

The U.S. House Committee on Veterans Affairs, which oversees the agency and its D.C. medical center, said it is also investigating the incident.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Brian Hawkins was fired<\/a> as the director in April due to his gross mismanagement of those facilities. I guess he didn’t take his problems with him. The Northwest DC hospital is currently being investigated by the VA OIG for other issues. I can help them out – Walter Reed left DC because the workforce in DC is lazy and incompetent. I’ve been a patient in the VA’s DC facility and my medical staff was excellent, but the administrative personnel didn’t give a rat’s ass about any patients. They were more interested in the social gatherings in the lobby or at the picnic benches outside. God forbid they be forced to look in the parking lot for a dead body.<\/p>\n

Thanks to Richard for the tip.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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