A Veteran’s Suicide in Front of VA Clinic

Posted on November 11, 2020 by Dr. David Edward Marcinko MBA MEd CMP™

Self Immolation

[By staff reporters]

A veteran committed suicide by setting himself on fire in front of a New Jersey VA clinic after staff at the clinic repeatedly failed to ensure he received adequate mental health care, an investigation of the death found.

Department of Veterans Affairs staff canceled an appointment Charles Ingram had in fall 2015 because a provider was unavailable, didn’t follow up to reschedule, and when he walked into the clinic to ask for an appointment, they didn’t schedule it until three months later, the VA inspector general found.

Ingram, a 51-year-old Gulf War veteran, had been approved to receive treatment at a non-VA facility, but no one at VA contacted him or scheduled the appointment.

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https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/11/15/vet-set-himself-fire-after-long-va-waits-appointment-cancellation-investigation-finds/866834001/#:~:text=WASHINGTON%20%E2%80%94%20A%20veteran%20committed%20suicide%20by%20setting,to%20ensure%20he%20received%20adequate%20mental%20health%20

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NOTE: Self-immolation is an act of killing oneself as a sacrifice. While usage since the 1960s has typically referred only to setting oneself on fire, the term historically refers to a much wider range of suicidal options, such as leaping off a cliff, starvation, or seppuku. Self-immolation is often used as a form of protest or for the purposes of martyrdom.

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7 Responses

  1. Janice, on November 21, 2017 at 11:58 PM said:

    Just shameful!
    Things will never change at the VA.
    Janice

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  4. Editor, on March 7, 2018 at 4:29 PM said:

    David Shulkin MD

    As a top Veterans Administration official in the Obama administration, current Secretary David Shulkin took no action to fix longstanding problems of dirty syringes and equipment shortages that put patients at risk at a major veterans hospital, according to an investigation just released that finds “failed leadership” and “climate of complacency” at agency.

    http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/watchdog-report-failed-va-leadership-put-patients-at-risk/ar-BBJYDBc?li=BBnb7Kz

    Dr. David Marcinko MBA

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  5. Editor, on March 23, 2018 at 5:47 PM said:

    VA Choice Reform Dropped From Congressional Spending Bill

    An effort to pass funding for reform of the VA Choice program, and other VA reforms, were dropped from the massive spending bill during last minute negotiations.

    https://www.managedhealthcareconnect.com/home/veterans-affairs?utm_email=marcinkoadvisors%40msn.com

    Dr. David E. Marcinko MBA

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