Va Puts Wrong Info

[Berta]

http://www.vawatchdog.org/09/nf09/nfjan09/nf011409-6.htm

"Because the VA brass regularly refuses to speak with VA Watchdog dot Org, we turned over our information to the Associated Press.

Now, they have confirmed the story... and worse. It's not just that wrong info could have been put into records, wrong info was put into records. "

Full story at above link-

(Gee when will it all stop)

[purple]

I keep saying....Sadly, I'm not shocked by anything I hear about the sorry state of VA medical care.

When I was at the Dayton VA earlier this week...a man told me that he had been wrongly receiving double the dose of IV morphine while he was hospitalized there!!!! He had to be given Narcan to counteract the horrible effects of the morphine and now he can no longer be given Morphine.

[cowgirl]

Thanks Berta for the post, I dont always find time to get to VA Watchdog. These events are frightening. I am thankful for my paper copies of my service medical records, even though I have trouble deciphering the handwriting, chickenscratching. There is no way we can let our guard down when it comes to medical care. Brotherinlaw was hospitalized, sister didn't leave him unattended for long and was able to catch mistakes beforehand.

I will once again be getting copies of my civilian medical and va medical records in paper form. I am sure you and others here understand why paper medical records should be guarded. I even save pharmacy slips for my files, cause I sure dont keep the bottles.

Best to ya,

Cg'up2009

[tssnave]

I wonder how many vets putting in for an increase have been or will be denied the increase due to information in their medical charts that has nothing whatsoever to do with them?

And just how will said vets be able to "prove" that their records are not their own?!?!? The whole VA quagmire just gets deeper and deeper.............

Purple, I suggest your vet friend contact VAwatchdog.org since they were the ones who first blew the whistle on this mess.

You know, I have always had a lot of admiration and respect for those guys but with them breaking the shredder problem and now this medical records mix up problem I think they are getting to be a force to be reckoned with. I think that there are folks on the inside who are as frustrated by everything as we are and realize that VAwatchdog.org gives a fair reporting on VA matters and will protect their anonimity so it gives honest VA employees a place to get the word out on what's really going on internally.

Keep up the good work, VAwatchdog.org and Berta, thanks for giving the hadit members a link to this great site!

Thanks,

TS Snave

[john999]

The VA is going to put a contract out on Larry the guy running Watchdog.

[cowgirl]

John, please bite your tongue! Media is a force to be reckoned with. Information is power. VA Watchdog has not stopped serving U.S. veterans and as such, has our backs, tops and bottoms in mind. Sorta like a super yard-dog with no chain.

Tss true words, we can wonder about who was wronged, see who was wronged and experience being wronged. Until I found Hadit, you'all and VaWatchdog, other vet stories on the internet - I wasn't proactive, didn't think I mattered, being a cold war vet and all. Even retired, I thought that was that and I was just wishful.

When will it stop? not till its over I hope. What war ever ends?

cg'up2009

[purple]

I did recommend he contact VAWatchdog. He didn't seem very concerned about it as he believes the VA saved his life by performing 3 angioplaties and putting in one stent (this was done at the Cleveland VA). He said he was supposed to have a triple by-pass but the VA surgeon told him they couldn't do that because he would die on the table!!! Ummmm--comforting and scary.

When I'm at the VA I always give out the websites for both here and VAWatchdog. I think I'm going to print up cards with both websites to hand out to folks.