If you are in the VA Health Care system you can go to your local emergency room, present you VA ID card, and receive treatment which will be billed to the VA. Do not sign any form stating that you will be responsible for unpaid bills.
Wrong- they are not doing their job in many instances. I knew a vet who had open sores on his heels for years and could not walk. Mostly they did not give him appointments but when they did, they just scraped his wounds [taking samples??] and sent him home. If I had known about iodine and H2O2 back then, I probably could have helped him recover completely. I remember when iodine pills disappeared from the market, and thyroid pills suddenly became unavailable for a few years- when they started selling iodine again, it wasnt actual elemental iodine but potassium, and the thyroid pills were reformulated and less effective.. It is an active strategy against us.
Sepsis-infection is a frequent cause of death these days - no wonder when wounds are left open and people are not educated as to what basic substances can be used for effective treatment.
I know you are trying to be helpful, but the reality is certainly not as easy as what the public has been told. Maybe you have been blessed to receive good care but not everyone is. You are advocating PRECISELY what this guy has tried to do but has been unable to get care. The crimes of the VA HC system are well documented... including this post - look at that horrendous wound, and the putting him off till the next day. How hard would it be to take that guy back to a room and wash his wound and put some antiseptic and antibiotics on it ????????
The VA has refused emergency room bills, and if you dont sign forms, they will not treat you. Emergency rooms are sometimes few and far between, and do what they want. Also this place he went HAS an emergency room.
I speak of what I know. The tweet said he "went to Rocky Mountain Regional VA Medical Center". It did not say he went to a local, non VA, emergency room.
Every Vet in the VA health care system is given a toll free number which will reach a nurse 24 hours a day. I carry that number in my wallet. You call the number and work through the treatment options until your issue is resolved. If your local VA health care provider is not addressing the issue they will send you to a non VA health care provider.
From first hand experience, if you don't sign financial responsibility forms, they will treat you. Vets, if you find yourself in a similar situation, call your toll free number and work through the process. If you still don't get help try going to your local hospital's emergency room or a local immediate care center.
That is terrible - it needs liquid iodine you can buy in any drugstore, and you can also get i-throid elemental iodine to take oral. Hydrogen peroxide also, not the wimpy 3% but higher concentration food grade maybe 10-18%. This is basic first aid and what they used to use for operations but med only helps you if they want to. Many are in it for the money so if you dont have alot of money or a good insurance policy, no dice so you HAVE to learn to take care of yourself to a certain extent. Many people with no soul want vets and old people to die.
I apologize it's not about Q, but this cannot be allowed to continue. Please help get exposure on this.
If you have twitter, can you convey this info to them- this is horrible but that terrible infection can at least be alleviated with iodine.
...and a wound vac.
If you are in the VA Health Care system you can go to your local emergency room, present you VA ID card, and receive treatment which will be billed to the VA. Do not sign any form stating that you will be responsible for unpaid bills.
Wrong- they are not doing their job in many instances. I knew a vet who had open sores on his heels for years and could not walk. Mostly they did not give him appointments but when they did, they just scraped his wounds [taking samples??] and sent him home. If I had known about iodine and H2O2 back then, I probably could have helped him recover completely. I remember when iodine pills disappeared from the market, and thyroid pills suddenly became unavailable for a few years- when they started selling iodine again, it wasnt actual elemental iodine but potassium, and the thyroid pills were reformulated and less effective.. It is an active strategy against us. Sepsis-infection is a frequent cause of death these days - no wonder when wounds are left open and people are not educated as to what basic substances can be used for effective treatment.
I am not wrong. I'm a VET in the VA health care system.
I know you are trying to be helpful, but the reality is certainly not as easy as what the public has been told. Maybe you have been blessed to receive good care but not everyone is. You are advocating PRECISELY what this guy has tried to do but has been unable to get care. The crimes of the VA HC system are well documented... including this post - look at that horrendous wound, and the putting him off till the next day. How hard would it be to take that guy back to a room and wash his wound and put some antiseptic and antibiotics on it ????????
The VA has refused emergency room bills, and if you dont sign forms, they will not treat you. Emergency rooms are sometimes few and far between, and do what they want. Also this place he went HAS an emergency room.
I speak of what I know. The tweet said he "went to Rocky Mountain Regional VA Medical Center". It did not say he went to a local, non VA, emergency room.
Every Vet in the VA health care system is given a toll free number which will reach a nurse 24 hours a day. I carry that number in my wallet. You call the number and work through the treatment options until your issue is resolved. If your local VA health care provider is not addressing the issue they will send you to a non VA health care provider.
From first hand experience, if you don't sign financial responsibility forms, they will treat you. Vets, if you find yourself in a similar situation, call your toll free number and work through the process. If you still don't get help try going to your local hospital's emergency room or a local immediate care center.
That is terrible - it needs liquid iodine you can buy in any drugstore, and you can also get i-throid elemental iodine to take oral. Hydrogen peroxide also, not the wimpy 3% but higher concentration food grade maybe 10-18%. This is basic first aid and what they used to use for operations but med only helps you if they want to. Many are in it for the money so if you dont have alot of money or a good insurance policy, no dice so you HAVE to learn to take care of yourself to a certain extent. Many people with no soul want vets and old people to die.