VA Puts Regional Director on Leave After Veteran Found Covered in Ants at Assisted-Living Facility

VA Puts Regional Director on Leave After Veteran Found Covered in Ants at Assisted-Living Facility
Air force veteran Joel Marrable pictured with ant bites on his body at a VA center in Georgia. Courtesy Laquna Ross/CNN
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The head of the Veterans Health Administration announced a series of major changes at an assisted-living facility days after a dying Air Force veteran was twice found covered in ants in his bed.

Joel Marrable, who served in Vietnam, was living out his final days at the Eagles’ Nest Community Living Center in the Atlanta VA Medical Center, a U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs facility.