Three veterans have killed themselves at separate Department of Veterans Affairs hospitals in Georgia and Texas over the past week. 29-year-old Gary Pressley, left, was discovered inside car in the parking lot of Carl Vinson VA Medical Center in Dublin, Georgia on April 5, center right. 68-year-old Olen Hancock of Alpharetta killed himself outside the Atlanta VA Medical Center on April 6, top right. On April 9, An veteran who has not yet been named shot himself in front of hundreds of people in the waiting room of a VA Clinic in Austin, Texas, top right. The chairman of the House Committee on Veteran's Affairs, said the deaths were part of a 'national crisis'. Around 20 veterans kill themselves every day. The rate is 1.5 times higher for those who have served in the military compared to those who have not....read
'A national crisis': Three veterans commit suicide outside VA hospitals across five days in two different states
15/04/19 08:46
