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Georgia veterans battle with VA for quality healthcare
VA says bad experiences are outliers; cites recent survey
Georgia veterans battle with VA for quality healthcare By Max Diekneite | May 13, 2021 at 5:44 PM EDT - Updated May 13 at 6:59 PM
SAVANNAH, Ga. (WTOC) - The V.A. has come under fire over the years. And, while some veterans say they’ve seen significant improvements, others say it’s still a struggle just to get the very basics.
A Statesboro vet says he waited months just to get a pair of eyeglasses.
“I’ve spent most of my adult life trying to get something I earned, and I deserve with my blood being shed on a foreign land,” said Benjamin Whittington. “And I’ve got nothing to show for it.”
Augusta and other large cities got a boost in their COVID-19 vaccinations numbers this week after a state cleanup of data prompted by
The Augusta Chronicle. Augusta s numbers would probably look even better if they included the nearly 19,000 shots given out by the Charlie Norwood VA Medical Center in Augusta, which has pursued an aggressive strategy to vaccinate veterans and staff.
Even with better numbers, Augusta providers are facing decreasing demand and are starting to look at new ways to gets shots into arms.
Richmond and Columbia counties both saw a big boost in numbers from the previous week, with Richmond adding 15,651 shots and Columbia with 13,742 more. The rates for both counties jumped up, with Richmond County moving from 18% of adults having received at least one shot to 24% and Columbia County increasing from 22% to 28%. Fully vaccinated rates increased for both, from 16% to 19% in Richmond and from 19% to 22% for Columbia. Most of Georgia s other metro areas saw s
Augusta Commissioner Ben Hasan waited to recuperate from a knee replacement before he got his first shot of COVID-19 vaccine on Monday and he believes there were others like him who were hanging back. More of us need to take the vaccine, said Hasan, who wanted his shot to send that message. There are many in Richmond County who have yet to hear it.
Augusta appears to trail most of the other metro areas in Georgia in getting people vaccinated as local providers say they are already having a hard time getting people to come to clinics and get the shots. The numbers might be a little misleading because they do not include doses given at long-term care facilities or take into account other big vaccinators, such as the Charlie Norwood VA Medical Center and other federal providers, health officials said.
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