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3-month delay connecting Lionel Desmond with follow-up care after hospital release, inquiry hears It took more than three months following Lionel Desmond s release from an in-patient psychiatric program for Veterans Affairs to connect him with the person assigned to help him transition to life outside the military and outside the hospital, a fatality inquiry in Port Hawkesbury, N.S., heard Wednesday. Social Sharing Veteran with PTSD who fatally shot family and himself called Veterans Affairs trying to get help sooner Posted: Apr 21, 2021 7:05 PM AT | Last Updated: April 22 On Jan. 3, 2017, Lionel Desmond shot his daughter, mother, wife and then himself in a home in Upper Big Tracadie. A fatality inquiry is looking at the support services available to the Afghanistan war veteran. (Dave Irish/CBC) ....
Posted: Apr 20, 2021 9:04 PM AT | Last Updated: April 21 The fatality inquiry into the what led to Lionel Desmond fatally shooting his family and then himself on Jan. 3, 2017, heard from Veterans Affairs witnesses for the first time Tuesday.(Dave Irish/CBC) The former soldier from Nova Scotia who killed his family and himself received $126,561 in disability compensation from Veterans Affairs for his diagnosis of post-traumatic stress disorder and other connected conditions, a fatality inquiry heard Tuesday. The inquiry examining the circumstances leading up to Jan. 3, 2017, when Lionel Desmond shot his wife, Shanna, his mother, Brenda, and his 10-year-old daughter, Aaliyah, heard from a Veterans Affairs witness about what support may be given to those who are leaving the military. ....