[Sdinozes]

OK, what about this? The article doesn't give enough information, at least not for me. I have several questions in my mind as to whether actually disciplining the workers is right. The military and the medical world in general have a unique caste system as it relates to the MDs and the rest of the staff. I can't see anyone in a lower position, and no doubt this guy was an officer, ratting him out. The person who did would have risked his own future, reputation, and probably even his life. I also have to wonder if there is any whistle blower protection in effect.



The secretary of the U.S. Army has disciplined nine officers for failing to warn of problems with Maj. Nidal Hasan - the officer accused of committing the 2009 Fort Hood shootings - before he was assigned to Fort Hood, Texas. Army disciplines 9 for not flagging Fort Hood suspect – This Just In - CNN.com Blogs

[giturbewan]

Just as long as they don't call Hassan a terrorist or acknowledge his religious motivation for the murders. We can't have that.

[Savviioor]

Just as long as they don't call Hassan a terrorist or acknowledge his religious motivation for the murders. We can't have that.

I think the others were in a terrible bind on several counts, especially if there is no whistle blower protection. MDs basically have a license to kill.

Here is an article from the VA hospital that vets in this area use. There were 30 deaths there due to doctors doing procedures for which they had not trained,and one was senile. 30 deaths. Even though there IS whistle blower protection there,. NO ONE said anything UNTIL a hospital employees husband was killed by one of the quacks. She went for blood and got it. That hospital is still under investigation. And they have made every single injury caused by those MD 'service related' and the care they get for it is on the taxpayers.

AFTER VETERANS' DEATHS, VA LIMITING SOME SURGERIES -- Deaths at Marion, Illinois VA hospital prompt agency to suspend some procedures because of "surgical complexity." - VA Watchdog dot Org - 05-10-2010

Until health care develops a culture in which other employees who have to work believe they can blow the whistle on a virtual 'god' without losing their jobs, this will not end.

You can call him horse shit for all I care. I do suspect the others got a raw deal just because of the health care caste system which holds MDs to be gods and everyone else to be scut workers.

[Optipitle]

Sunshine. As far as whistle blower protection in the military...we have it. If you lodge a formal complant against someone that person that is submitting it is supposed to be protected against any retaliation attempts. If it's then found out that the person who submitted the complaint was retaliated against then the retaliator's careers is over. The problem is that there are many ways to get back at someone w/o there being enough to claim retaliation. This is especially true in the military as your "superiors" have so much power over you.

In regards to the article about military doctors not being qualified to do what they are doing....there is a reason why soldiers who have serious medical issues that require surgery pray to be referred to a civilian doctor.