Did you hear about Army to Settle With Whistle-Blowing Hospital Worker at Fort Bragg?

Did you hear about Army to Settle With Whistle-Blowing Hospital Worker at Fort Bragg?

RP Members I've been away on vacation and now I'm back. What are your comments and thoughts on this piece of news?

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/28/us/army-to-settle-with-whistle-blowing-hospital-worker-at-fort-bragg.html?emc=edit_th_20151028&nl=todaysheadlines&nlid=39361574&_r=1



Investigators found that Ms. Gilbert was the target of a series of escalating reprisals after she reported failures in infection control at Womack to the Joint Commission, an independent agency that accredits hospitals, in January 2014. The hospital, in Fayetteville, N.C., serves 55,000 active-duty service members and their families at Fort Bragg.

Ms. Gilbert’s decision to contact the commission led to months of turmoil at the hospital. Inspectors found a series of shortcomings, and the hospital’s accreditation was endangered. After a young mother died after routine surgery, the hospital’s commander was dismissed and his deputies were replaced.

Ms. Gilbert’s experience was described in an article in The New York Times in December that detailed numerous cases of military physicians, nurses and other health care workers whose careers were damaged after they complained about lapses in safety or quality of treatment. The hospital workers contended that they had been pushed out of their jobs, transferred, given pay cuts and punished with negative evaluations after reporting weaknesses in care to their superiors.