Friendly Fire at the Veterans Hospital: The Conspiracy Concealing Malpractice and Mistreatment of US Veterans

by J.B. Simms

Overview

Stories which you hear about mistreatment of Veterans at VA hospitals continue to shock the public, but the cover-up, as they say, is always worse than the crime. Was mistreatment and malpractice of Veterans at the Radiation Department at Long Beach (CA) Veterans Hospital a crime? Was giving radiation treatment to the wrong areas of the body a crime? Was the denial and cover-up by doctors, a hospital director, administrators, and investigative agencies, a crime? There was only one person who raised the issue that therapists were giving inaccurate radiation therapy treatment to our US Veterans: that person was the supervisor of the therapists. When the therapists lied to hide what they had done, the Chief Therapist reported their behavior and gained the approval to fire the therapists. The therapists had a cavalier attitude and had leverage against the doctors which kept them from being fired.  In order to obtain accreditation by the ACR, the hospital attacked the Chief Radiation Therapist, stripped her of her authority, and allowed rampant malpractice and mistreatment to continue. The wounding of the Veterans in the Radiation Therapy Department was no accident; the therapists just did not care, and no one was going to hold them accountable. Patients injured while receiving radiation therapy were sent to the emergency room for treatment, or to a hyperbaric chamber. All injuries, and wounding, were written up as "side effects" and no one listened to the Chief Therapist. The doctors controlled what was being told to the wounded Veteran patient. The therapists controlled the doctors, and each department had professional and personal leverage on one another to the point that no person would ever be accountable for their actions. Whistleblower agencies were purposely ineffective and betrayed this Chief Radiation Therapist. This is the story of the brave Chief Radiation Therapist who was the only person to defend the Veterans, and ultimately saved lives, at the cost of her physical and emotional health.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780979576683
Publisher:	Erik Publishing
Publication date:	02/01/2018
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	342
File size:	13 MB
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Table of Contents

Contents
Acknowledgments i
Introduction:   "Do no harm" iii
The Informed Consent:   What Veterans Must Know ix
American College of Radiology:   Guidelines Reference xiii
Index of Individuals:   Name and Position xvi
Chapter One:    Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy 1
Chapter Two:   Sources of Evidence of Abuse and Corruption 5
Chapter Three:   The Varian Incident 15
Chapter Four:   The Varian Cover-Up is Born 27
Chapter Five:   HIV, a Freckle, and Patient Abuse 41
Chapter Six:   Filing Complaints to Protect Veterans 69
Chapter Seven:   NY Times, OIG, and ACR 81
Chapter Eight:   Doctor Denials and Fraud Conspiracy 85
Chapter Nine:   More Patient Incidents, and the OIG 93
Chapter Ten:   OIG Visits and Hagan's Betrayal 107
Chapter Eleven:   2011-Patient Abuse and Cover-Up 121
Chapter Twelve:   Two OIG Reports- More Cover-Up 135
Chapter Thirteen:   No Accountability for Abuse 161
Chapter Fourteen:   Excuses by OIG; Schuder’s Rescue 177
Chapter Fifteen:   HR Bill 2104 June 11, 2011 209
Chapter Sixteen:   Statement of Lynne Roy 213
Chapter Seventeen:   Lana's Parting "Dear All" Shot 219
Chapter Eighteen:   Lana Transferred, OSC in Denial 231
Chapter Nineteen:   Exposing Corrupt Government Agencies 239
Chapter Twenty:   Interview with Dr. Richard Robbins 255
Chapter Twenty-One:   VA and ACR Put on Notice 257
Chapter Twenty-Two:   Catching Up with Lana 285
Epilogue 291
Appendix One:   Public Health Service Act HR 2104 293
Appendix Two: OIG Inspection-November 15-16, 2010 Report 309
About the Author 319