They fought for their country and now they expect to get the health care they need. But the new Va mobile health clinic is, in some ways, a work in progress.
Veterans cannot swing by and get a checkup the way one might grab a fast food burger. But veterans see it as a big plus and are anxious to get medical care closer to home.
Here amid others at Touisant Trailer Park south of Lake Charles, Vietnam veteran Larry Thibodeaux makes his home. Right next to his front door is a sign he made saying it’s a drug free zone. Thibodeaux says drugs are a problem in the neighborhood and that he wants no part of it. “This whole neighborhood’s a problem as far as drugs right now. Hopefully, they’ll see my little sign and stay away from me. I don’t want any drugs in my neighborhood. They got a lot of kids in this neighborhood,”said Thibodeaux.
Thibodeaux no longer drives and says it’s been very difficult to get to Jennings for V.A. Medical care. “For me to go to Jennings it costs me sixty bucks. That’s paying somebody to run me to Jennings and back. That’s their time, their vehicle, their gas. I pay for their gas and their time and I ain’ got sixty bucks to spare,” said Thibodeaux.
It was so important to him to make it to the new mobile clinic, that he walked nearly five miles to get there. “It took me two bottles of cold water to get there and it was a nice walk except for the heat. I thank God we have a VA clinic. I’ve been praying for one for a while. So, it’s here,” said Thibodeaux.
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