News on Veteran Suicide at Orlando VA buried in another report

From transcript on report about Robert McDonald coming to Orlando today.

CONGRESSMAN MICAH DID TALK ABOUT THE 84-YEAR-OLD VETERAN WHO SHOT AND KILLED HIMSELF ON MONDAY. HE TOLD US THAT HE WAS GETTING SERVICES IN LEESBURG, BUT CAME HERE AND DIDN'T HAVE AN APPOINTMENT. HE DOESN'T BELIEVE THE SUICIDE HAD ANYTHING TO DO WITH CARE BUT THIS PARTICULAR GENTLEMAN HAD A DIFFICULT HEALTH SITUATION THAT WAS TERMINAL.

VA Secretary Robert McDonald tours Orlando hospitals
McDonald scheduled to tour local VA hospitals Thursday
WESH 2 Orlando
Oct 02, 2014

ORLANDO, Fla. —The secretary of Veterans Affairs visited VA hospitals in Orlando as part of a nationwide tour on Wednesday.

Robert McDonald first visited the VA Medical Center near Lake Baldwin Park, where he toured the facility and greeted veterans.

The facility was opened as a hospital for the former Naval Training Center in 1968. Two months ago, local leaders decided to keep it open, although a detailed description of all the services that the facility will provide has yet to be revealed.

VA officials said McDonald was briefed on the Orlando VA Medical Center’s mission and projects in process.

Rep. John Mica and several other local leaders also attended McDonald’s tour.

"It is absolutely packed -- good to see it packed on the day that the veteran’s secretary came here.

That’s the argument I’ve been making to keep this facility open," said Mica.
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