Postal Worker Stole Veterans' Drugs

[carlie]

Prosecutor: Postal Worker Stole Veterans' Drugs

http://www.theindychannel.com/news/22315146/detail.html

[jerrbilly]

My meds come by mail and it's obvious by the packaging its meds. If I shake the package ever so slightly you can easily hear the pills moving around.

Prosecutor: Postal Worker Stole Veterans' Drugs

http://www.theindychannel.com/news/22315146/detail.html

[Berta]

VA blamed our local PO for a medication mailing error years ago- but that was an impossible ploy they used that didnt work.

Every VA I think (certainly Bath VAMC here) has their own Post Office that mails the pharmacy meds.

When I raised a ruckus over their med error the pharmacy told me their inventory MUST be accurate daily and in those days I think t was.(but this was not inventory problem in my case)

If one has accessed VA Watchdog over the past year you can readilyu see that VA Pharmacy services are extremely deficent these days in any control over their inventories -which only sets the ground work for some VA employee at a VA Pharmacy or VA Post Office to swipe meds.

[Pete53]

I am sure that the VA Pharmacy gave the Veterans little or no help in getting the Meds that were stolen.

I tell them when my Meds go missing that the VA guarantees delivery so it does not matter why it just matters that they replace them quickly

As many know Meds by Mail suck

[*Bergie*]

Prosecutor: Postal Worker Stole Veterans' Drugs

http://www.theindychannel.com/news/22315146/detail.html

This happened to me with Percocet, I reported it to the local post office. The postal inspector actually came to my house and took my statement. About 2-3 weeks later my meds were found. I have an employee whos husband is a manager at the main post office and she found out that the postal carrier was caught with mine and other peoples narcotic meds and was terminated and prosecuted.

Bergie

[john999]

VA sends my percoset and morphine by certified mail. I used to work for the USPS. Certified mail is handled just like ordinary mail except someone has to sign for it when, and if it ever gets delivered. I am sure the mailman knows what is in my envelope that comes once a month. The only mail that is really secure is registered mail. The VA would never use that because it is very expensive, and it has to be locked in a safe every night. My meds by mail has been pretty good. I am sure it varies by VAMC. You have good VARO's and you have horrible VARO's. That is what is wonderful about the VA. It is like a crap game. They play games and treat us like crap.

[Testvet]

VA sends my percoset and morphine by certified mail. I used to work for the USPS. Certified mail is handled just like ordinary mail except someone has to sign for it when, and if it ever gets delivered. I am sure the mailman knows what is in my envelope that comes once a month. The only mail that is really secure is registered mail. The VA would never use that because it is very expensive, and it has to be locked in a safe every night. My meds by mail has been pretty good. I am sure it varies by VAMC. You have good VARO's and you have horrible VARO's. That is what is wonderful about the VA. It is like a crap game. They play games and treat us like crap.

The Augusta GA and Charleston VA SC mail all regular prescrips by mail with scan codes on them but narcotics are all sent by fedEx and yes the fedex guy knows what he is delivering he annouces himself by stating my "pusher is here" Fed Ex got the federal contract on overnight mail back when 41 was President at a low low price of 4 dollars a package express mail was 7.95 and we could not lower it to "bid" on all of the governments over night mail business our prices were set by the Postal Commission and "deals" were not allowed 41 had the nerve to send a Fed Ex package with a letter to a NALC National convention to proclaim what a great job carriers were doing for the nation and how we saved many lives during the previous year because letter carriers notice when elderly people are not picking up their mail and call police or the kids to get help for the elderly we refused to open the letter because he sent it Fed Ex

The carrier that stole the drugs was one stupid he had no idea what kind of drugs was in the box unless the vet told him which was ignorant if he did but to throw away a 40,000 dollar a year job for some drugs was just plain stupid and now he is facing jail time besides losing his career I was a letter carrier and nothing in the mail was worth my job like I told my mom she was a clerk the only way I would steal anything from the Post Office is if it was like the Hope diamond and it would be worth the prison sentence and only if I would be able to keep it when I got out otherwise nothing in a package was worth my job and yes they did mail the Hope Diamond once back in the early 60s and it was sent insured regisitered mail I would have fired the clerk that accepted it for mailing and writing the insurance policy on it I use to have a bank delivery that required I carry a weapon issued to me by the Post Office and included 6 rounds of .38 ammo the bags contained nothing less than 2 million a day I later learned I was dropping off the Post Office deposits to the bank excuse me thats what Wells fargo does for a living.......