tampabay.com: know it now
[Scott Keeler | Times]
In Building 24 at Bay Pines VA Hospital in June, Mark A. Surette collapsed and was not treated at the hospital's emergency room.
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VA turns away cardiac victim
The man was not a vet. Paramedics were told to take him to a more distant emergency room. He did not survive. This is a redacted version of the 911 call. Pinellas County officials erased portions of the original recording.
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