June 24, 2014

Many More Veterans Died Waiting For Treatment, VA Altered Computer Files



[From article]
Whistle-blower Pauline DeWenter, an appointment scheduler at the Phoenix VA, said in an exclusive interview with CNN she would note on records if veterans died before they could receive treatment.
However, she said someone had changed dead veterans' records seven times, if not more, to make it seem they were alive.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2666670/Whistle-blower-Phoenix-hospital-claims-medical-records-dead-veterans-changed-cover-number-patients-died-waiting-care.html

Medical records of dead veterans were changed to cover up number of patients who died waiting for care, claims whistleblower
Whistle-blower Pauline DeWenter, an appointment scheduler at the Phoenix VA, said that dead veterans' records had been changed by someone else to make it seem they were alive at least seven times
DeWenter also said she had been told hide new patient requests and that they went into a desk drawer
Because of a 1,700-person waiting list in 2013, she was forced to determine which patients could receive treatment - while at the same time was pressured by hospital staff to schedule appointments for other ill veterans
By ZOE SZATHMARY
Daily Mail (UK)
PUBLISHED: 00:11 EST, 24 June 2014 | UPDATED: 01:28 EST, 24 June 2014

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