VETERAN’S PHOTOS OF DIRTY VA CLINIC ROOM GO VIRAL, PROMPTS APOLOGY

One veteran’s post on social media has prompted a VA clinic in Salt Lake City, Utah, to apologize for the disarray and dirty conditions found at the facility. Army Veteran Christopher Wilson, who served two tours in Iraq, was subjected to a room he couldn’t believe.

He took pictures that included “debris on the floor, a full garbage can, cutting tools, a soda cup on a counter and medical kits left open.”

Wilson had a podiatry appointment scheduled April 5 and had to wait 45 minutes before he discovered the filthy room.

“I figured they would say, ‘Oh, this room’s not clean,’ and take me somewhere else, but they kind of just blew past it and didn’t acknowledge it,” Wilson said.

Wilson said he expected better treatment. He took to Facebook to post the photos, which were later shared on Twitter by his father Stephen Wilson, who even tagged President Trump.

VA Salt Lake City responded to the incident Saturday, saying the room appears to be where casts are applied to patients with diabetic ulcers.

The VA Salt Lake City’s chief of staff Dr. Karen Gribbin responded and apologized for Wilson’s experience. She took notes that may help with an investigation.

“I was taken aback by the condition of the room,” she said. “Mr. Wilson should not have been placed in that room in that condition.”

In a thread on Twitter, Stephen Wilson wrote the VA clinic in Salt Lake City will “review policies” and they said “sometimes medicine is messy.”

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