THE VA HOSPITAL IN BILOXI MS. IS A VERY WELL TRAINED AND STAFFED HOSPITAL.. THE PRIMARY CARE DOCTORS ARE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THE PATIENTS THEY TREAT. THE CANCER DOCTORS ARE VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT THE CARE THEY GIVE THEIR PATIENTS, THEY TREAT THEM WITH THE UTMOST RESPECT, AND HONOR THEM BECAUSE THEY SERVED OUR COUNTRY.. THE DOCTORS GO WELL OUT OF THE WAY TO SEE THAT THE PAIENTS ARE COMFORTABLE AND RECIEVE EVERYTHING THEY NEED TO REMAIN THAT WAY. THE EMPLOYEES AT THE CANTEENA, LAB, PRESCRIPTION COUNTERS, PAY COUNTERS AND VOLUNTEERS GO WELL AND BEYOND THEIR WAY TO BE AS COURTEOUS AS POSSIBLE..I HAVE BEEN GOING TO THE VA FOR 11 YEARS, MY HUSBAND BATTLED NON-HODGKINS AND LUKEMIA, ONE MOTOR CYCLE ACCIDENT, AND SEVERAL INFECTIONS, BUT ON AUG 2 2009 UPON ENTERING THE 'ER ROOM' EVERYTHING CHANGED, I EXPERIENCED WHAT I HAVE DISCREDITED FOR YEARS THE TWO DOCTORS ON CALL WERE TERRIBLE, AND SHOWED NO SIGNS OF COMPASSION, ALL THEY WANTED TO DO WAS GET THE 'CANCER PATIENT' AWAY FROM THEM. MY HUSBAND WAS TOUGH AND WAS DETERMINED TO BEAT THIS CANCER, UPON RETURNING TO THE VA ON AUG 3 2009, MY HUSBAND WAS ENTERED INTO THE HOSPITAL WHEN THE FIRST 'ER DOCTOR' MISREAD HIS XRAY, HE SUFFERED ALL NIGHT WITH PHEUM.THE SECOUND DOCTOR WAS RUDE, UNCONCERED, DIDNT PUT PAT ON ANYTHING FOR FEVERS, OR A COLOSTMY BAG, I PUT ICE PACKS ON HIS ANKLES AND WRISTS AND HEAD UNTIL MONDAY MORNING WHEN HELP FINALLY ARRIVED, I SENT MY DAUGHER OUT TO FINALLY BUY ADVIL TO CUT HIS FEVER BECAUSE NONE WAS GIVEN AND PATS FEVERS CONTINUED TO CLIMB, THE DOCTOR WAS NOTIFIED NOT ONCE BUT __THREE TIMES_- TO ADMINISTER SOMTHING FOR FEVER, AND NEVER DID HE PUT AN ORDER IN FOR IT. HE NEVER PUT PAT ON A COLOSTOMY BAG..., SO THIS DECORATED HERO URINATED ON HISELF FROM SUNDAY AT ADMITANCE UNTIL TUESDAY WHEN A BAG WAS PUT ON HIM. MY HUSBAND WAS PUSHED IN A ROOM AND LEFT TO DIE, THE 'ER'DOCTOR MADE A CALL THAT WAS NOT HIS TO MAKE, HE PLAYED 'GOD', AND NO ONE HAS THAT RIGHT, PAT WAS A FIGHTER, AND WOULD STILL BE FIGHTING, HE WAS A PROUD AMERCIAN AND HE DESERVED MORE THAN THIS. I FILED A COMPLAINT WITH THE PATIENT ADVOCATE AT THE VA GULF COAST AND HAVE STILL N0T HEARD FROM HER, FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND IM NOT THE ONLY PERSON TO DEAL WITH THIS PARTIME DR. WHY WOULD A DOCTOR, A YOUNG DOCTOR WORK AT A VA ON WEEKENDS [ RED FLAGS] WITH OLDER VETS HE KNOWS NOTHING ABOUT AND OBVIOUSLY CARES NOTHING ABOUT, VETS DESERVE MORE THAN THIS ...ESPECIALLY DYING AMERICAN VETS, IS OUR HEALTH SYSTEM SO BAD OFF THAT WE NEED TO ADMINISTER THE POOREST CARE POSSIBLE TO THE MEN WHO DESRVE IT THE MOST...I WILL NEVER, NEVER STOP, FIGHTING FOR VETS UNTIL THE DAY THEY PUT DIRT ON ME OR UNTIL THE DAY I JOIN MY HUSBAND WHO SO BELIEVED IN THE VA SYSTEM.

PAT FARRIS 2-28-2009 UNTIL 8-09-2009
LOVE ALWAYS, DEBO