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2017-12-04 Government

VA knowingly hires doctors with past malpractice claims

[USAToday] Neurosurgeon John Henry Schneider racked up more than a dozen malpractice claims and settlements in two states, including cases alleging he made surgical mistakes that left patients maimed, paralyzed or dead.

He was accused of costing one patient bladder and bowel control after placing spinal screws incorrectly, he allegedly left another paralyzed from the waist down after placing a device improperly in his spinal canal. The state of Wyoming revoked his medical license after another surgical patient died.

Schneider then applied for a job earlier this year at the Department of Veterans Affairs hospital in Iowa City, Iowa. He was forthright in his application about the license revocation and other malpractice troubles.

But the VA hired him anyway.

He started work in April at a hospital that serves 184,000 veterans in 50 counties in Iowa, Illinois and Missouri.

Some of his patients already have suffered complications. Schneider performed four brain surgeries in a span of four weeks on one 65-year-old veteran who died in August, according to interviews with Schneider and family members. He has performed three spine surgeries on a 77-year-old Army veteran since July ‐ the last two to try and clean up a lumbar infection from the first, the patient said.

Schneider’s hiring is not an isolated case.

Posted by Besoeker 2017-12-04 03:00|| || Front Page|| [11137 views ] Top

#1 Doc Schneider is third world caliber, and he votes Democrat. Deep State commies run things. They hate our military.

Posted by Hupeting Sforza8196 2017-12-04 05:37|| 2017-12-04 05:37|| Front Page Top

#2 My Czech GP, my urologist, my opti man, oral surgeon, and dentist are all millionaires. Why would anyone with talent work for the gov't. Oh wait. :-(

Posted by Besoeker 2017-12-04 07:34|| 2017-12-04 07:34|| Front Page Top

#3 ...on that line. Remember, there's the upper half of the graduating class and a bottom half. Where do the latter go to work? Oh, and the AMA has worked damn hard for decades in keeping the (supply) number of graduates to a minimum in order to make sure the market prices are as high as possible.

Posted by Procopius2k 2017-12-04 07:49|| 2017-12-04 07:49|| Front Page Top

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