Veterans get screwed again!
The VA has been getting some bad press lately and unfortunately it just got worse.
A US Office of Special Counsel report based on complaints from three whistleblowers was sent to President Trump Wednesday, exposing scheduling and staffing issues at the Richard L. Roudebush VA Medical Center in Indianapolis that led to a delay in medical care for veterans. While the center says it has since remedied those issues, one such delay led to a mistake called “unconscionable”: A veteran didn’t receive the at-home care he needed, and ended up losing his leg as a result, per the Indianapolis Star. The report details what happened in June 2017 after the veteran was discharged from the center following treatment for diabetic ketoacidosis and an ulcerated foot abscess. Someone was supposed to come to his home to change his bandages; when that assistance got delayed, his foot became infected, leading to an amputation below the knee.
“It is unconscionable that after serving his country, a veteran lost his limb not on the battlefield, but because of mistakes made by the agency entrusted to take care of him,” special counsel Henry J. Kerner says in his letter. Department of Veterans Affairs investigators found the unnamed chief and assistant chief of social work services at the center had told social workers to stop entering home consults into patient records because they felt it was “outside the social workers’ scope of practice.” In a letter last August sent to Kerner and seen by Task & Purpose, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Robert Wilkie agreed with the investigators’ findings, noting the alleged issues led to a “system breakdown.” A rep for the VA center told the Star they’ll address the special counsel’s report in a statement
This goes to Trump? Will he read it? Will he do something to fix the VA? Or will he do what he always does…..NOTHING?
I hope the investigation goes ahead. But whatever the result, it is too late for that poor man now.
Best wishes, Pete.
The VA needs reform badly…I read more negative stuff than positive. chuq
I think the VA is underfunded. Greatly underfunded. Facilities for the numbers and services that are needed inadequate.
And every president promises reform and in the end we get nothing…..shameful….chuq
So… how are you feeling about the National Women’s Hall of Fame inducting Jane Fonda?
My feeling about Fonda is different from most people…I do not like her because she switched her stand to sell an exercise video…I would like her more if she had stuck to her guns….she was wrong for her visit to the North but it was a choice she made…..but to change her stand for profit is shameful in my mind chuq
Thank you, that puts another disgrace on her plate!