NY Daily News
Staff members at a VA hospital in Florida left a veteran’s body lying in a shower room for nearly 10 hours, then tried covering up a series of protocol violations, a report revealed Sunday.
An internal review from the Bay Pines VA Healthcare System exposed severe lapses stemming from the death earlier this year. The Tampa Bay Times obtained the report through a Freedom of Information request.
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An internal investigation revealed that some staffers “falsely documented” the incident and blamed the confusion of a communication problem that never occurred.
Some staffers also failed to follow procedures for reporting a death, and lied about the hospice being short staffed at the time, the report said.
Hospital spokesman Jason Dangel called the actions “unacceptable” and said “appropriate personnel action was taken.” The hospital did not give specifics on whether anyone was reprimanded.
But Florida Rep. Gus Bilirakis said in a statement that no one was fired for the failures.
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