[Wash Times] A 76-year-old veteran committed suicide Sunday in the parking lot of New York Veterans Affairs hospital, police said.Peter A. Kaisen, of Islip, was pronounced dead after he shot himself outside the nursing home at Northport Veterans Affairs Medical Center on Long Island, Suffolk County police told The New York Times.
The reason for Mr. Kaisen’s suicide was not immediately known, but two people connected to the hospital told The Times he was angry after he was allegedly denied care in the emergency room for issues related to his mental health. "He went to the ER and was denied service," a hospital worker told The Times. "And then he went to his car and shot himself."
The staff member said there is always a psychologist on call, and the mental health building is open seven days a week, but no one at the ER gave Mr. Kaisen that information.