Brain Injury Expert Wants to Start Pennsylvania Clinic
Dr. George Zitnay, a brain-injury expert, hopes to start a clinic for brain-injured veterans near Johnstown, Pennsylvania. Zitnay has created a special long-term rehabilitation program for brain-injured veterans and he would like to offer the program at more locations. Zitnay co-founded the Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in 1992.
Brain Injury Expert Wants to Start Clinic for Vets Near Johnstown
Zitnay has asked Congress to help fund the pilot program because "if they [brain injured veterans] get placed in a typical nursing home, they don't provide any active treatment. Those guys can spend the next 40 years in hell."
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