Body of VA employee found in VA hospital under investigation

Authorities investigating death of veterans hospital employee
Enterprise
By Maria Papadopoulos
Staff Writer
Posted Dec 09, 2013

BROCKTON
State and federal police are investigating the death of an off-duty maintenance worker whose body was found in a fifth-floor bathroom at the V.A. hospital in Brockton.

The dead man was identified by his brother as David Hammarberg, 58, of Brockton.

Pallas A. Wahl, a spokeswoman for the Brockton V.A., said Hammarberg was a 5-year employee of the hospital. She declined to say anything more about the circumstances surrounding Hammarberg’s death.

“It’s an ongoing investigation between state police and our police department here,” Wahl said.

Emergency crews responded to the Departme nt of Veterans Affairs hospital at 940 Belmont St. at 8:54 p.m. Friday after receiving an emergency call for a medical situation involving a 58-year-old man, Brockton fire officials said. The man was taken by ambulance to Good Samaritan Medical Center.

Glen Hammarberg of Middleboro said his brother died in a VA hospital bathroom on Friday.
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