Body of U.S. Soldier Dumped As “Medical Waste” in Virginia landfill

[mmckee1952]

Via CBS News:


A landfill is no one’s idea of a fitting resting place for a soldier fallen in battle.

Yet as CBS News national security correspondent David Martin reports, that’s what happened to Gari-Lynn Smith’s husband, Sgt. 1st Class Scott Smith, who in 2006 was blown apart by a roadside bomb in Iraq.

“No service member, no human being at all, should be put in a landfill, no matter if it’s a fingernail, a foot or an entire body,” Gari-Lynn said Thursday.

Without her knowing, part of her husband’s body was incinerated and disposed of as medical waste in a Virginia landfill.

Video:

 

[festus]

freakin jackwagons...this is what we have come to expect from the current bunch of political hooligans

 

[Nightmare45]

I can name a hundred losers other than this hero, including our president and congress.

 

[tricolordad]

I can name a hundred losers other than this hero, including our president and congress.

If you forget some, I can fill it for you.

 

[fudo]

I hope she sues the military and the hospital for all they've got.:angry: Holy Smokes! That was criminal.:butcher: "No one wanted the body (parts?)? Did anyone contact the family?

FARGING BASTIGES!!!!!!! That is no way for a soldier to end up.

 

[LiamP]

The Institute of Medicine, part of the National Academy of the Sciences, has put together a report describing trends in health care spending. Among other conclusions, the IOM found that an enormous quantity of money is down to medical waste, or on anything but helping individuals. Medical waste, such as unneeded treatments and administrative overhead, makes up about $750 billion each year. Source for this article: Financial Advice