In Corpus Christi, Veterans Still Facing Long Waits at Clinics
CORPUS CHRISTI — Ray Harding has come a long way in a year and a half. Battling post-traumatic stress disorder, the Vietnam War veteran had received counseling at a Corpus Christi VA clinic for a couple of years near his Rockport home. But early last year, he said, the in-person appointments with his psychiatrist suddenly stopped.
“Whether it was lack of communication or I don’t know what,” remarked Harding, 69, “the way I say it is I fell through the cracks in Corpus Christi.”
In February 2015, Harding reached his lowest point. That’s when he tried to commit suicide by shooting himself in the head.
“I woke up in the hospital two or three months later,” Harding said. “They told me I would be paralyzed on my left side for the rest of my life.”
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