{"id":69364,"date":"2016-12-12T12:12:55","date_gmt":"2016-12-12T17:12:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=69364"},"modified":"2016-12-12T12:12:55","modified_gmt":"2016-12-12T17:12:55","slug":"body-left-unattended-in-tampa-va-hospital","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=69364","title":{"rendered":"Body left unattended in Tampa VA hospital"},"content":{"rendered":"

Several of you have sent us links to the story<\/a> of an unnamed veteran who died at the Tampa VA hospital and the body was left unattended for nine hours in a shower;<\/p>\n

The investigation found that once the veteran died, hospice staff members requested a staffer known as a “transporter” to get the body moved to the morgue.<\/p>\n

The transporter told them to follow proper procedures and notify dispatchers, but that request was never made, so nobody showed up to take the body away.<\/p>\n

Instead, it was moved to a hallway in the hospice and then to the shower room where it was unattended for more than nine hours.<\/p>\n

Some hospice staff “demonstrated a lack of concern, attention and respect” for the veteran, according to the investigative report.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

My problem with the story is that it’s indicative of a culture that can always find a way to not do their jobs. The “transporter” found it perfectly reasonable to neglect his duties and walk away from a dead veteran. When the call from a dispatcher never came, why didn’t he rectify the situation? That’s common among government workers, though. They can always find a reason to NOT do their jobs, and it’s much less common for them to err on the side of their constituency. They deny folks basic human dignity instead of doing what anyone else would do without prompting from rules and regulations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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