VA crisis line failed to send help for vet who committed suicide: report
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The Veterans Affairs crisis line failed to adequately respond to a veteran who texted the line and warned he was in a place with the materials to commit suicide.
A Texas veteran committed suicide just minutes after reaching out to the VA crisis line in a text message, saying he had tested a plan for suicide and was in a location with access to the materials to carry it out, according to a report from Military.com.
The incident was uncovered in a VA Office of Inspector General report, which detailed that the crisis line responder did not contact the veteran directly by phone or attempt to alert first responders of the possible suicide attempt, but instead directed the individual to enact a safety plan that had been formulated with a family member and terminating the exchange without verifying the plan had been enacted or receiving a response from the veteran.
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