In our
Veteran’s Day "Call to Arms" post, we addressed the
Federal Government’s failure to adequately care for veterans diagnosed with
service-related mesothelioma, who account for one-third of Americans who get
this deadly disease.
In the
weeks that have followed, we have sent letters to our friends, clients and
clients’ families enlisting their support in the effort to get the VA to fund
the “Elmo Zumwalt Mesothelioma Treatment and Research Center” which will
provide world-class treatment to veterans around the country and conduct
much-needed research into cures and treatment advances that will benefit all
persons suffering from this disease, not just vets.
Our
thanks go out to everyone who has forwarded the letters to their senators and
congresspersons. Additional packets are being sent out as we speak. If you
haven’t sent the letters, please do so as soon as possible. If you want
additional copies of the letters to have friends of family send, let us know
and we’ll send more!
We’re
pleased to report that the Pacific Meso Center has now joined the
effort to garner much-needed public support for this worthy cause by
establishing an online petition to “Help Veterans
Stricken with Service-Connected Mesothelioma.”
Even if
you have already sent the letters that were issued by our office, we urge you
to sign the Pacific Meso Center’s online petition. The Federal government has
ignored this problem for decades. We need to do everything we can to let them
know what an insult their continued inaction is to the vets who have and will
continue to suffer from service-related mesothelioma.
"We
encourage everyone to sign this petition and to send it out to their friends
and family via email, Twitter and Facebook", said Clare Cameron, Executive
Director of The Pacific Meso Center. "With enough signatures we can
make a change and get the Admiral Zumwalt Center for Mesothelioma Excellence
funded, and give our veterans suffering with mesothelioma a fighting
chance".
So
please sign the petition now! It will take
you less than a minute.
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