Nashville Veteran Says He Cannot Trust VA For Healthcare

Nashville Veteran Says He Cannot Trust VA For Healthcare
Cindy Carter
Walter McRae no longer trusts his government. "I feel like the government saying has turned their back on anybody that's in Iraq, Afghanistan, Vietnam or anywhere else. They turned their back on them and they've let the veteran's down," McRae said.

The former Marine is upset because the Alvin C. York Medical Center in Murfreesboro is one of several VA hospitals under fire for exposing patients to dirty instruments.

McRae has relied on the Murfreesboro hospital for years to take care of his medical needs which included a colonoscopy. Then it was discovered that 10,000 veterans might have been exposed to HIV and other infections because equipment used for colonoscopies in Murfreesboro and other clinics wasn't property sterilized.

"They (Alvin C. York) sent me a letter stating what had taken place and they wanted me to come out and be tested," McRae said.

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