VETERANS’ DAY, 2024: A Day of Remembrance for Veterans Denied Medical Treatments Part 1
“[L]et us solemnly remember the sacrifices of all those who fought so valiantly, on the seas, in the air, and on foreign shores, to preserve our heritage of freedom, and let us reconsecrate ourselves to the task of promoting an enduring peace so that their efforts shall not have been in vain.” President Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eric Koleda, USAF Vietnam Era Veteran, National Director, TreatNOW State Legislative Efforts, President and Co-Founder, HBOT4KYVETS.com
The Diabetic Foot Ulcer and Lower Limb Amputations Epidemic: Veterans with DFU’s Dying at Historical Levels From Avoidable Amputations
According to a 2022 report to US Congress with data provided by Dr. Steven Lieberman, VHA Under Secretary of Health, more than 796,340 Veterans have died from Diabetic Foot Ulcer (DFU) Lower Limb Amputations (LLA) since 2001. That is more than all Veterans KIA (623,982) since the beginning of WW I. Approximately 93% of these Veterans were denied access to HBOT or not provided medically required ‘Informed Consent” about Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy. Using worldwide and industry standards, HBOT is proven to prevent amputations in 74% of DFUs, thus preserving limbs and life. “Time is Tissue” and lengthy delays providing the healing power of HBOT can result in gangrene and amputation. This is a National Tragedy which is preventable, but Veterans are largely and routinely denied access to FDA, CMS and Tricare-approved HBOT treatments, resulting in their premature DFU/LLA deaths.
Help TreatNOW.org make FDA, CMS and Tricare-approved Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy available to all Veterans meeting DFU Medicare criteria or in the ten states which have legislated HBOT for TBI Veterans – go to TreatNOW.org– a National Veteran Advocacy Group advocating approved Hyperbaric Oxygen programs for Veterans with DFUs, TBI and PTSD. Please call us to discuss.
Take care of yourselves, and if you can, a Veteran too.
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The TreatNOW Mission is ending service member suicides. Along the way, we have learned that we can end suicidal ideation, help end symptoms of PTSD, get patients off most of their drugs, and heal brain wounds to end the effects of BLAST injury, mild TBI Persistent Post Concussive Syndrome, and polytrauma from AHI and Burn Pits. Diabetic Foot Ulcers have become a major emphasis. www.treatnow.org
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