Oklahoma Senate passes bill to move veterans center
March 23, 2017
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The Oklahoma Senate has passed legislation that would allow for the relocation of the veterans center in Talihina.
The bill was approved Tuesday and comes after two high-profile deaths at the Oklahoma Veterans Center in Talihina, the Tulsa World (http://bit.ly/2msG6Ss ) reported.
Vietnam War veteran Owen Reese Peterson was discovered with maggots in his body and later died from sepsis at the facility on Oct. 3. In late January, Leonard Smith, an advanced dementia patient, choked to death after being given food, fluids and medication. He was later found with a plastic bag l...
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