Secretary stands pat VA leader defends health care during Marianjoy visit.(News)

0 Comments | Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), March, 2007 | by Fuller, James

Byline: James Fuller Daily Herald Staff Writer U.S. Secretary of Veterans Affairs James Nicholson defended the veterans health care system Friday in a private Wheaton hospital that recently served as refuge for an Army sergeant unsatisfied with VA hospital care. Marianjoy Rehabilitation Hospital welcomed Sgt.

Joel Gomez in 2005 when his family feared he would die if he remained at Hines VA Medical Center in Maywood. Gomez was paralyzed from the neck down when his Army vehicle fell off a cliff in Iraq in 2004. Nicholson received word of Gomez's VA fears and Marianjoy care from hospital staff with a sympathetic nod Friday. Shortly after, he showed similar sympathy for veterans who endured mice, mold and cockroaches while recovering at Walter Reed Army...

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