Davidson, Joe
Phoenix Houses of the Mid Atlantic 521 North Quincy Street Arlington, VA. 22203 Mount Rogers Community Services Board 416 East Main Street Marion, VA. 24354 EHS Lynchburg 17835 Forest Road Forest, VA. 24551 Inova Fairfax Hospital 3300 Gallows Road ...
“Until that happens, the reported wait time for these veterans has not started,” according to the report. “Most importantly, these veterans were and continue to be at risk of being forgotten or lost in Phoenix HCS’s convoluted scheduling process. As a result, these vete...
The department's inspector general said at least17 veterans died while awaiting appointments at VA facilities in the Phoenix area, and Gibson said 18 Phoenix area veterans identified on a different list have died. It was not clear whether there was any overlap on the...
And when she reported the problems, she was reassigned to an empty clinic. [Dr. Katherine Mitchell: In 2013, I submitted a confidential OIG complaint regarding the life threatening issues within the Phoenix VA system.] Dr. Mitchell was among the first to blow the whistle. ...
a triumph against infectious illness. In the 1970s, while studying virology at Harvard, he was rushed to Sudan by the World Health Organisation – the WHO – to investigate the first outbreak of ebola. In the 1980s, he led trials in Phoenix of a successful vaccine against another killer, ...
A VA patient wheeled into an outpatient clinic in Boston in 1961. The American Medical Association said vets should be treated in private hospitals AP 1972– Vietnam veteran Ron Kovic, the subject of the book and movie, “Born on the Fouth of July,” interrupts Richard Nixon’s GOP presid...
The choice program was a key component of last year's sweeping law approved in response to reports that dozens of veterans died while waiting for appointments at a VA hospital in Phoenix, and that appointment records were manipulated to hide the delays. A series of government reports said worke...
The actions follow settlements reached last year with three employees who reported widespread problems at the Phoenix VA hospital, including chronic delays for veterans seeking care and falsified waiting lists covering up the delays. The resulting uproar forced the ouster of former VA Secretary Eric Sh...
If you think those three things don't go together, you need to attend a weekend shooting and history clinic sponsored by Project Appleseed, a nonprofit organization that promotes all three ideas as a way to connect Americans to their past-and also to remind them that good shooting isn't ...