Veteran set himself on fire, committed suicide in front of VA after neglect, says new report
Gulf War veteran Charles Ingram, 51, doused himself in gasoline and lit himself on fire in front of a New Jersey VA clinic in March 2016.
by Melissa Leon · November 16, 2017
A veteran set himself on fire and committed suicide in front of a New Jersey VA clinic after the VA repeatedly pushed off his mental health appointments and delayed getting him adequate care, an investigative report by USA Today recently found.
Gulf War veteran Charles Ingram, 51, had received treatment at the Northfield, New Jersey, VA clinic since 2011, and repeatedly had to wait more than a month for appointments, the USA Today report found. And, in the fall of 2015, the VA cancelled one of his appointments because a provider wasn’t available. But VA staff never followed up to see if Ingram received proper mental health care following the cancellation.
http://americanmilitarynews.com/2017/11/veteran-set-himself-on-fire-committed-suicide-in-front-of-va-after-neglect-says-new-report/
