A woman's shocking photo showing her veteran brother waiting 'eight hours' for treatment at a Tennessee Veterans' Affairs Medical Center has gone viral.

Gail Hobbs shared the image of Tony Mims lying on the floor at the Alvin C. York Campus of the Tennessee Valley Healthcare System, located in Murfreesboro, when he went there for treatment on Thursday.

'[The doctor] wasn’t sure if he was sick enough to be admitted to hospital,' she wrote, before telling Fox 17 News that he was ultimately diagnosed with pneumonia.

Hobbs wrote that they 'waited 8 hours for them to put him in a bed,' noting that 'he can’t even walk' and that 'he deserves better treatment[,] he served his country.'

Gail Hobbs shared a shocking image on Friday of her veteran brother Tony Mims lying on the floor at a Tennessee VA medical center after being denied a bed on Thursday in Murfreesboro

Hobbs told Fox that she took Mims to the hospital on Thursday, where he first had blood work and a urine sample taken.'

Mims said he was feeling unwell but the doctor said he was 'OK'. He then sent Mims to have an MRI taken.

Following the MRI test, Mims was left to wait in a room without a bed, Hobbs said, at which point she asked multiple times for a bed so Mims could lay down.

She said her request was denied, however, by the doctor who told her that Mims was not going to be admitted as an inpatient because he was not sick, so he could not have a bed.

Gails Hobbs (pictured) said she blames the doctor that Mims saw on Thursday for the improper care she said her brother received

While in that room, Mims became cold and asked nurses for a blanket, which they promptly brought to him, Hobbs said.

Then, he asked Hobbs to help him lay down because he was tired, which Hobbs started to do, but said Mims passed out before reaching the floor, and that's when she took the photo of him on the ground.

Hobbs told Fox that the nurses came to Mims' aid right away after he was found to be on the floor, adding that 'the nurses were wonderful.'

It wasn't until the next day that another doctor at the hospital diagnosed Mims with pneumonia, 'by a simple swab of the nose,' Hobbs said.

Hobbs said she blames the doctor that Mims saw on Thursday for the improper care she said her brother received at that time.

'I don’t blame the VA, Hobbs said. 'The VA has a long way to go to be perfect, like everyone, but you can’t lump everything together.'

The Murfreesboro facility said 'the facts are much different than what’s presented in the Facebook post,' focusing on how long Mims spent on the floor.

No comment was made regarding the eight hour wait for a bed, or the fact that Mims was ultimately admitted as an inpatient and diagnosed with pneumonia by a second doctor on Friday.

The center's full statement to Fox reads as follows:

'As soon as we learned of this photo on Friday night, we immediately reviewed the Veteran’s medical record and have since spoken to the Veteran personally. Our review determined that the facts are much different than what’s presented in the Facebook post.

'Tony Mims was admitted to VA Tennessee Valley Healthcare System August 2, the day the photo was taken. During a ten-minute wait for his provider to return to his exam room, Mims said that his sister, who had accompanied him to his appointment, helped him move to the floor of the exam room because he was tired. Mr. Mims estimated he was on the floor about ten minutes before a provider returned.

'Mims is now an inpatient in our facility and he is being well taken care of. Our medical center director has visited the patient and has his assurance that he received good care and has no complaints.'

Hobbs, who has been caring for Mims since April, said she hopes to have him placed in a nursing home by the end of the week.