Maryland veteran’s death leads to law that requires doctors to ask about military service

WJZ) — A veteran who served in Iraq and Afghanistan went to an urgent care in Baltimore with what he thought was strep throat and ended up dead days later.

His loved ones believe that if doctors had known about his military service, it would have alerted them to a treatable heart condition that could have saved his life.

A new Maryland law passed in his honor means everyone will soon be asked a simple question when they visit the doctor: “Have you served?”…

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