Two new inquiries launched in St Louis
Russ Carnahan, the inspector general of the Veteran’s Association, has announced that two new inquiries will soon be launched at the John Cochran facility in St Louis.
A formal investigation will now take place to determine the reasons why dental equipment was not being cleaned properly and fully sterilised. The General Accounting Office will also now investigate the sterilisation blunder and the findings will be included in a report, which is already being compiled in conjunction with other incidents.
The new investigations will provide more information about the sterilisation procedures and processes at the facility, after it emerged that dental instruments and equipment were not being sterilised properly, potentially endangering the health of more than a thousand veterans. More than 1,800 veterans were contacted after the news came to light, with many choosing to have blood tests to determine whether or not they had contracted serious infectious illnesses, including hepatitis and HIV.
Russ Carnahan said the new investigations were extremely important and were needed to identify the flaws in the system and ensure that another similar incident does not occur in the future.
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This is normal for the VA.
Recently, a report of an investigation by the VA Inspector General regarding the delay of cancer treatment and death for a patient at Zablocki Milwuakee VAMC.
It appears that gross medical malpractice was performed by 2 radiologists, a radiation oncologist, a surgeon , and an internal medicine doctor. You might say a comedy of medical errors, except the patient died- oops.
I am wondering why the IG has to be called in to investigate this gross medical errors, Could several docs be involved in a coverup? Veterans sacrifice their lives at the war front and to get this type of care at home is immoral. Loyal American docs and VA workers are losing the war in getting good health care to vets.