"several other VA medical centers around the nation have been identified with the same problems as the Phoenix facility, and the investigations by the VA Inspector General, the Congress and others are widening"
, there is hope that the exposure will motivate both, the judiciary executive and the legislative branch of the government to do something about the staggering number of preventable medical errors killing thousands of patients every year in American hospitals
Front line workers are not given the opportunity to speak, and this results in medical errors, patient harm, cover ups. There is nothing unique to the Veterans Administration. This is the modus operandi in many healthcare departments. Dr. Daniel Goleman discusses unethical management at length in his books including the best seller "Social Intelligence."