17 vets a month commit suicide under VA care (Sorry if dupe)

17 vets a month commit suicide under VA care

By Kelly Kennedy - Staff writer
Posted : Thursday Apr 24, 2008 13:25:32 EDT

After learning that more than 17 veterans per month commit suicide while under the care of the Veterans Affairs Department, senators accused VA of withholding information about suicide rates and demanded the removal of its mental health chief.

“The culture of the VA has to change,” said Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., after a Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee hearing Wednesday.

To restore credibility, she said VA must take responsibility and dismiss Dr. Ira Katz, deputy chief patient care services officer for mental health.

“He clearly knew information and was holding it from us here in Congress,” Murray said.

http://www.armytimes.com/news/2008/04/military_suicides_042308w/

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Keith reported this last night and it floored me. More than 1,000 attempts every month and these "troop supporters" tried to f#cking HIDE it.

Please everybody -- when anti-war protesters seem inconvenient or seem to be trying to embarrass the party, think of these people and of their families.