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Indianapolis VA Hospital Under Fire for Email Making Fun of Veterans
ABC News ^ | 3/9/2015 | ABC NEWS via World News

Posted on 03/12/2015 9:51:34 AM PDT by 2nd amendment mama

The Department of Veterans Affairs took another hit today as news surfaced that an email had been circulated to staffers at an Indianapolis VA hospital making fun of the mental health problems suffered by returning combat veterans.

The Dec. 18 message included several images of a toy Christmas elf, according to The Indianapolis Star, which obtained the email.

The email was sent by social worker Robin Paul to her staff within the Seamless Transition Integrated Care Clinic at the Roudebush VA Medical Center. In one photograph, the elf pleads for Xanax, which is prescribed to treat anxiety and panic. The caption reads: "Self-medicating for mental health issues." In another image, the elf hangs by a Christmas light with the message: "Caught in the act of suicidal behavior (trying to hang himself from an electrical cord)."

The news comes at a time when suicide among military veterans claims an estimated 22 lives a day, according to the Department of Veterans Affairs.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events
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To: FreedomStar3028

Turning everyone into government slaves would help, what?


41 posted on 03/12/2015 2:06:03 PM PDT by GeronL
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To: GraceG

Government employees should NOT vote


42 posted on 03/12/2015 2:07:44 PM PDT by GeronL
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To: 2nd amendment mama

I’ve witnessed a cluster of current and retired defense contractor employees pushing veterans out of real estate developments with false accusations.


43 posted on 03/12/2015 2:39:25 PM PDT by familyop (We Baby Boomers are croaking in an avalanche of corruption smelled around the planet.)
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To: OrangeHoof
Paging Dr. House, Doctor Gregory House.
44 posted on 03/12/2015 2:46:32 PM PDT by reg45 (Barack 0bama: Implementing class warfare by having no class.)
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To: Doogle
just damn... so much for supper
45 posted on 03/12/2015 4:05:38 PM PDT by Chode (Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -w- NO Pity for the LAZY - 86-44)
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To: nascarnation

Lol....
Heard Howlllllard Dean on the News on Fox news calling those going after Hillary about her emails as “ Right Wing Nutjobs “ who are going after endless non-scandals.
If I remember correctly the left and the MSM ( More Satan Media ) going after Kenneth Star 24/7 ... The one drummed up scandal of one woman who worked either for the NSA or CIA name was revealed, their names escape my memory.
The email scandal that Hillary went after Carl Rove.
Then Abu Ghraib scandal that went on endlessly 24/7 for over a year.
Let us not forget when Watergate in the news 24/7 for a time.


46 posted on 03/12/2015 6:30:52 PM PDT by American Constitutionalist (The Keystone Pipe like Project : build it already Congress !)
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To: 2nd amendment mama

I would just to go on and say that a liberal woman, and a conservative woman are so different, and are 2 different worlds apart as night and day.
It would have helped if the person who posted this would have made that distinction.
Conservative women are the most honorable people in the world.
In some aspects they are more zealious for conservative causes then even men.
I would take a good guess that this Freeper was talking about typical liberal women.


47 posted on 03/12/2015 6:39:23 PM PDT by American Constitutionalist (The Keystone Pipe like Project : build it already Congress !)
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To: Qiviut

More like, should have written “ this female, who is a perfect example of your typical liberal woman “


48 posted on 03/12/2015 6:42:20 PM PDT by American Constitutionalist (The Keystone Pipe like Project : build it already Congress !)
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To: SE Mom

For their training these workers who work with vets at these hospitals should visit the front lines where the real battle is and see who will be laughing then.
The Nazis would send their officers who need discipline or punishment to the Russian front to get a education.


49 posted on 03/12/2015 6:49:04 PM PDT by American Constitutionalist (The Keystone Pipe like Project : build it already Congress !)
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To: GeronL

Or breed.


50 posted on 03/12/2015 6:50:52 PM PDT by American Constitutionalist (The Keystone Pipe like Project : build it already Congress !)
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