Comments on: A Question Of Care: Military Malpractice?

One Marine Served His Country With Care. Was His Cancer Misdiagnosed, Leading To His Death?

[WOW312002]

HELLO I WOULD LIKE TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THIS CASE. SAYING THAT THEY CAN NOT DO NOTHING ABOUT THE MALPRACTICE A BUNCH OF CRAP. MY DAD WAS INVOLED IN SOMTHING LIKE THIS. SO IF SOMBODY FROM THE FAMILY IS READING THIS PLEASE POST BACK SO WE CAN TALK THIS IS NOT A JOKE. THANK YOU ALOT

[vetsmom]

God Bless Carmelo and ALL the young warriors that have faced such shameful treatment. It is no time to single out, but a time to change these systems and political negligence that Congress and the VA have allowed to take place. This country needs to take responsibility and set these matters as a number one PRIORITY. Our country is better than this!!! Congress should think about taking the recent pay raise they received and pay for Carmelo''s funeral that the military NEGLECTED to pay for.

[vetsmom]

God Bless Carmelo and ALL the young warriors that have faced such shameful treatment. It is no time to single out, but a time to change these systems and political negligence that Congress and the VA have allowed to take place. This country needs to take responsibility and set these matters as a number one PRIORITY. Our country is better than this!!! Congress should think about taking the recent pay raise they received and pay for Carmelo''s funeral that the military NEGLECTED to pay for.

[bleschke]

I was so sick at heart when I saw this story. It is all I could think about today and felt compelled to make a comment.

My brother was a U.S. Marine who was killed in Viet Nam in 1967. He never came home. He was listed as: Killed in Action/Body never recovered. Our government is spending millions of dollars each year on seminars, DNA analysis, search missions to recover the remains of Americans lost during WW I, WWII, Korea, Viet Nam, and the Cold War. As a family member of a MIA, I find this outrages. As much as I would wish that my brother could come home, I feel our priority as a Nation should and must be for Our Troops who are serving our Nation now!!! Take these millions and take care of our wounded, whether physical or mental. The government needs to be held accountable for the mistreatment of our troops and veterans who are living, rather than searching for the remains of fallen Heroes , who are beyond our help.


Sister to L/Cpl Virgil B. Terwilliger

[tallia03]

KEEP CARMELO''S FIGHT ALIVE AND LET''S MAKE SURE HIS SON GETS THE BENEFIT''S, GRANTS, AND EVERYTHING ELSE HE DESERVES.

HE WILL BE RAISED WITHOUT HIS WONDERFUL FATHER NOW. THE LEAST THE MILITARY COULD DO WOULD BE TO PICK UP THE TAB. IT IS DUE TO THEIR OWN NEGLEGENCE AND SCREWED UP SYSTEM THAT THIS BOY IS NOW FATHERLESS. NOW PROVIDE HIM WITH EVERYTHING HIS FATHER WOULD OF GIVEN HIM. STOP HIDING BEHIND SOME OUT OF DATE, SAD, PATHETIC DOCTRINE AND STAND ACCOUNTABLE. YOUR NATION IS NOW WATCHING!!!

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[tallia03]

I WENT TO SCHOOL WITH CARMELO. I JUST CAN''T BELIEVE HE DIED. AND DUE TO GROSS NEGLEGENCE AT THAT. I WAS WATCHING THE NEWS WHEN A CLIP CAME ON ABOUT HIM AND THEY WOULD BE SHOWING THE STORY SOON. WHEN HIS STORY CAME ON I WAS JUST HORRIFIED. HORRIFIED!!! I WOULD LIKE THE WORLD TO KNOW HE WAS ONE OF THE NICEST PEOPLE YOU WOULD EVER MEET. SMART, FUNNY, ARTISTIC, CARING, AND VERY DRIVEN.

IN THE STORY HIS SISTER LIZ SAID THAT HE DID NOT WANT THIS TO BE THE END OF IT. YES, DON''T LET THIS BE IT. CONTACT EVERYONE IMAGINABLE! OPRAH, DATELINE, 20/20, 60 MINUTES, FOX NEWS, CNN, NBC NEWS, ABC NEWS, DIANE SAWYER, BARBARA WALTERS, AND EVERYONE ELSE. NO JOKE. TRUST ME AS COMPELLING OF A CASE AS THIS IS IT NEEDS TO BE OUT THERE. ALOT OF THESE NEWS MEDIA OUTLETS WILL BE MORE THAT HONORED TO KEEP CARMELO''S FIGHT ALIVE. ALOT OF PEOPLE I HAVE SPOKEN TO SAID THAT THIS WAS THE MOST COMPELLING STORY THEY HAVE HEARD AND SEEN. THE CONTENT THAT WAS CAPTURED ON FILM THAT DAY IS PRICELESS IN TERMS OF SHOWING JUST HOW BAD HE SUFFERED DUE TO NEGLEGENCE.

THE MORE THIS STORY IS AIRED THE MORE THE MILITARY IS SHAMED INTO DOING SOMETHING ABOUT THE SITUATION. IF YOU DON''T KEEP AIRING THIS STORY THEN I AM PROBABLY AFRAID THAT IT WILL GET SWEPT UNDER THE RUG LIKE ALL OF THOSE OTHER CASES.

TO CARMELO''S SON:
I WAS AT LEAST HAPPY TO LEARN HE HAD A JUNIOR. NO ONE DESERVED A LITTLE MAN MORE THAN HIM. I KNOW YOU MUST HAVE HAD THE BEST DAD IN THE WORLD.

[graphicbratt]

this is such a sad story.. Mine is nothing compared to what this family has gone thru but has alot to do with malpractice and Drs... but it all goes hand and hand with politics.. and just goes to show you who can you trust.. def not our goverment the only thing the two actually care about is protecting thier own butts .

[dogwood14]

This is of nosurprise, a young solder that I know just cam back from from his 2nd tour in Iraq, and 8 mounts in Cosivo S/P. He was told that on this last return that he should take 3 months off Hatford Police officer and he would recieve his military pay. It seems as though that is nologer in play - seeing that the Gov. doesn''t have the funds for that program any longer.
This solder was right up front every day. Thankyou very much now go back to your Civ. job with out your readustment time. He relly didn''t have a choice, he had bills to pay and needed the money.

Has far as this young Marine, that just goes beyund words.Our wonderful congress men got thier $5,000 a year raise that they oted in them self. They all should be kicked out of tier service wth out any med, or retire ment pay

[snowball122]

This is a tragic loss and my heart goes out to the family and friends of this young man.Unfortunately it but another tragic example of the failure of the military health care system and our government to provide the promised health care.More information on this subject can be found at groups.yahoo.com/groups/mrgrg-ms

[mabaynes]

I watched this story when it first came out and I cannot even describe the emotions I felt. Just from watching a 10 minute story, people could see what a beautiful soul he was. I want his family to know that I am truly inspired by Carmelo''s courage. I will never forget his story and pray that it brings a change to a law that makes absolutley NO sense! I truly believe his life will save the lives of others.