Posted on Jun 11, 2015
Do whistleblowers actually help or hurt? Whistleblowers unite to push for VA changes
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Individually, they have blown the whistle on manipulated patient wait times and mismanaged care of suicidal veterans in Phoenix; secret appointment wait lists in Shreveport, La.; malfeasance in Montgomery and Tuskegee, Ala.; and poor veteran care in Wilmington, Del.
They reported veterans are being subjected to unnecessary heart surgeries at the Hines VA hospital and prescribed dangerous amounts of drugs in Tomah, Wis. In many cases, the problems they exposed led to veteran harm and even death.
Now, the whistleblowers want the public to know the taxpayer-funded VA is still riddled with dysfunction, almost a year after VA Secretary Robert McDonald took over the agency following the resignation of his predecessor amid the Phoenix wait-time scandal.
http://www.stripes.com/news/veterans/whistleblowers-unite-to-push-for-va-changes-1.351745
They reported veterans are being subjected to unnecessary heart surgeries at the Hines VA hospital and prescribed dangerous amounts of drugs in Tomah, Wis. In many cases, the problems they exposed led to veteran harm and even death.
Now, the whistleblowers want the public to know the taxpayer-funded VA is still riddled with dysfunction, almost a year after VA Secretary Robert McDonald took over the agency following the resignation of his predecessor amid the Phoenix wait-time scandal.
http://www.stripes.com/news/veterans/whistleblowers-unite-to-push-for-va-changes-1.351745
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