Another “Success” Story for Government Healthcare.
Federal officials are blaming unsafe working conditions for the death of a San Francisco Veterans Affairs medical center researcher who died after he handled a rare strain of bacteria
The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration on Wednesday issued a notice of “serious violations” to the medical center for the death last year of 25-year-old Richard Din.
OSHA says the VA failed to properly supervise and protect Din while he was developing a vaccine for the particular strain of meningitis that killed him.
In particular, OSHA says Din was working in an open area outside of a so-called biosafety cabinet. Those cabinets are enclosed, ventilated areas most researchers use when working with dangerous germs.
I work with Biosafety cabinets, and they are easy to misuse, as they rely on strong air currents to keep a sterile field. Still the risk factors in my line of work are considerably less than this situation.
Its sad that the VA is such a miserable system for treating those who have done so much for this nation.
I long ago became numb to it. Just a tiny cinder of rage left over.
I can’t get a parking permit for my service connected disability, but Ms Spreadlegs get’s Cadillac care for the entire brood?
Follow the dollars.
My question is why is the VA doing general medical research (in an obviously amateurish and dangerous fashion) instead of using their budget to take care of veterans who need help? Obamacare, which is a whole different can of worns, has nothing to do with that issue!
Well it has EVERYTHING to do with with the VA, as the VA is a government run healthcare organization, and Obamacare is a law that is designed to bankrupt private healthcare (or at least make it unaffordable for most people) allowing a VA like system to be implemented. Much like the “Progressive Utopia” of the UK.
I am wondering about terminology here too.
The VA I know and love is Veteran’s Administration, not Affairs…