What do you think should be the punishment for the Indiana VA Manager who mocked veterans suicides

SGT Jim Z. — Mon, 09 Mar 2015 14:17:31 -0400

I think this VA administrator needs to be relieved of her duties pending a full investigation. This is a total disrespect to the veterans.
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VA Manager's Email Mocks Veteran Suicides

A manager at the Roudebush Veteran Affairs Medical Center in Indianapolis appears to mock the mental health problems of returning combat veterans in an email to her employees.

Response by SGM Erik Marquez made Mar 9 at 2015 2:33 PM

SGM Erik Marquez — Mon, 09 Mar 2015 14:33:07 -0400

The punishment? What was earned.. fired... it is a job, it was not done to standard, it was callous disrespect to the customers served.. and It surprises me not at all.
I admit my observed pool of VA employees is small , but I can say that 100% of VA employees I have had to deal with (two) were unprofessional, rude, argumentative and derogatory in how they approached the Vet (me).
I was treated as a liar and thief from the second I stepped into the VA hospital, I was handled as a bother, and someone that was abusing the system and only there to steal. Every question or "test" was was done to prove I was not in pain or hurt, nothing was done to help me, or substantiate my claims.

After that visit, I will never again seek anything from the VA, and I will continue to lobby with my representatives for the VA to be completely disassembled and a network of privatized providers put in place...

Response by MSgt Bj Jones made Mar 10 at 2015 10:51 PM

MSgt Bj Jones — Tue, 10 Mar 2015 22:51:07 -0400

Update from two sources: http://fox59.com/2015/03/10/indianapolis-va-removes-employee-over-email-controversy/ and http://madworldnews.com/va-manager-veteran-suicide/. I saw another source that said she was fired, but being just one source and no other sources agreeing that she was fired was enough for me to not include it. She should be fired. The VA has enough difficulty gaining and keeping the trust of Veterans without this stupidity. What's bad is she was a case worker for some of the Veterans who were having suicidal thoughts. Suicide is never funny, no matter who is thinking of committing it or who has.

Response by CPT Zachary Brooks made Mar 11 at 2015 1:37 PM

CPT Zachary Brooks — Wed, 11 Mar 2015 13:37:27 -0400

Make an angry Veteran her boss.

Response by SrA Eric Olsen made Mar 11 at 2015 1:43 PM

SrA Eric Olsen — Wed, 11 Mar 2015 13:43:38 -0400

They need to fire her and yank her license immediately if they haven't done so yet. Veteran suicide and suicide in general is not funny. Each one of them is a brother or sister crying out for help and in pain. Their death hurts us all and leaves a empty void in those closest to them. If someone like her can't take her job seriously for our brothers and sisters then she has no right to even have her license and have a job in her field anywhere.