Local veterans push back on VA plan to close Brooklyn hospital as part of larger health care overhaul

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Local veterans push back on VA plan to close Brooklyn hospital as part of larger health care overhaul
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“The staff at a regular hospital are not going to be attuned to the unique needs of veterans,” says Daniel Friedman of the Brooklyn chapter of the Vietnam Veterans of America. “They barely know how to spell PTSD. They're not familiar with Agent Orange.”

“The president said fully supporting veterans and caring for them and expanding access to health care is a goal of his administration,” Malliotakis said, surrounded by veterans at the rally. “If that's true and that is the case, then this proposal should be dead on arrival when it gets to the president of the United States and we expect no less than that.”

“The staff at a regular hospital are not going to be attuned to the unique needs of veterans,” said Friedman. “They barely know how to spell PTSD. They're not familiar with Agent Orange.”that was used in the Vietnam War that has been linked to a long list of cancers and other diseases in those who were exposed.

While the VA aims to minimize its inpatient and emergency services in the city, it would seek to expand its residential and outpatient programs for aging veterans as well as those with mental health and substance use issues at its St. Albans campus in Queens.

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