Posted on Jun 1, 2014
Should VA employees be tried as criminals who gamed the system and hurt vets(and their families)?
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For those in the VA who clearly were egregious in their violations of the law, their oaths of office, and for allowing veterans to suffer unnecessarily (did anyone commit suicide?) - should they be:
a. fired
b. fired and charged with civil violations
c. fired and be tried criminally
d. lose their pension
e. other
What do you think?
a. fired
b. fired and charged with civil violations
c. fired and be tried criminally
d. lose their pension
e. other
What do you think?
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Crime
Edited 10 y ago
Posted 10 y ago
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C. As a Registered Nurse I am a licensed health care provider and subject to criminal law and loss of licensure for patient neglect, malefecience, and abuse. If there are licensed providers involved in these unthinkable acts against our vets, then they should be held to the standards according to the licensure board!
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Maj W,
What about personnel which are not licensed, such as administrative personnel?
What about personnel which are not licensed, such as administrative personnel?
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SPC Ilya, if those folks knew about it, but did nothing to stop it, or actively engaged in the acts, yes they should face criminal charges.
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Probably ALL of the options are possible depending upon the specific actions of individuals. Purely administrative personnel could be fire, fined, and/or face civil and criminal charges depending upon the consequences. As one of the other respondents mentioned, if the offenders are nurses, doctors, etc. it is possible that they have violated their indivudal organizational code of ethics, and licensure certainly could be effected with censure, admonition, or worse. Robert W. Enzenauer, MD
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