Centore and Gary
Steve Centore put a face on the problem of 9/11 responders who continue to face serious medical maladies.
Centore, who headed a radiation response team for the Department of Energy on 9/11, worked on the pile at Ground Zero for four months.
Four years later he was diagnosed with post traumatic stress disorder. Later he suffered from serious medical problems (he had a liver transplant) that nearly cost him his life.
But, as he related during his appearance on News Talk Online on Paltalk.com, the government he served from his late teens until his medical retirement turned its back on him. When he was ordered by his doctor to rest in bed for 30 days for his PTSD he was declared an alcoholic and his security clearance was stripped.
Centore, who has testified before Congress about the lack of medical treatment for responders, has become a symbol of the shameful way the government has approached this lingering problem.
2 comments:
A very interesting guest. One cannot help but wonder just what loyalty the State deserve when their treatment of those who, when working for the saftety of the majority, put their health and well being on the line and get nothing back. If it weren't for these sort of people these spineless politicians who have nothing more than hot air to add to the world might have to get off their backsides and do something!!
I'm not surprised at the lack of action from the government for the 9-11 helpers. Just take a look at what they are trying to do to the Vets of the Iraqi war.
Don't forget just this month a psychologist at the Olin E. Teague Veterans' Center in Temple, Texas, advised her staff to stop diagnosing veterans with PTSD to save money.
It's like the government is making it harder for returning Vets so other will stay active due to the lack of care they get if they are injured and need help.
Now the military is returning soldiers that are medically handicapped to Iraq.
It is shameful how the government has been treating 9-11 responders and our troops, there is no excuse for this behavior.
Mystic Sea Maiden
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