Dept. of Veterans Affairs: No wrongdoing in death of veteran at VA Medical Center in Tomah. Really?

2015-06-19T09:21:04-04:00

The Daily Herald Media reports the inspector general found that a doctor failed to diagnose Thomas Patrick Baer’s stroke as he waited in the urgent care clinic, “however, the physician properly considered broad diagnostic possibilities.”

http://www.wausaudailyherald.com/story/news/2015/06/18/tomah-probe-finds-wrongdoing-stroke-death/28918761/

His family waited with him for more than two hours to be seen January 12. He suffered two strokes and wasn’t given anti-clotting medication or a CT scan because the scanner was down.

Tomah probe finds no wrongdoing in death

An investigation found practitioners acted appropriately.

Response by PO1 John Miller made Jun 19 at 2015 9:23 AM

2015-06-19T09:23:35-04:00

How the f--k does a doctor misdiagnose a frigging stroke???

Response by Sgt Spencer Sikder made Jun 19 at 2015 9:53 AM

2015-06-19T09:53:33-04:00

One way to get my blood pressure boiling! Before the patient sees the doctor, the patient is triaged by a nurse. So what the OIG ignored is that two friggin' medical specialist overlooked one of the basic conditions affecting us??? WTF!!!!

Secretary McDonald told Congress that in June they would see the results of his firing poor providers, it's over halfway through the month and not a word. In fact, we haven't heard McDonald's name in sometime.