VA review finds significant and chronic health care failures
A White House review ordered by President Obama finds the Veterans Health Administration beset by significant and chronic system failures. It says morale is harmed by a corrosive culture and the 14 day scheduling standard is unrealistic, with some staff manipulating wait times. The report urges restructuring, more doctors nurses and trained staff, and notes delays in implementing recommendations. It highlights cases of patient death while awaiting care and calls for greater transparency and accountability across the VA.
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Washington
Barack Obama
Troubled Veterans Affairs Health Care System
White House
Rob Nabors
Veterans Health Administration
Nabors
Sloan Gibson
Obama
Minneapolis
Oval Office
Gibson
Jeff Miller
House’ Veterans’ Affairs Committee
Robert L. Jesse
VHA
Jesse
Robert Petzel
Independent
Office of Special Counsel
Department
Bernie Sanders
Vermont
Senate
Veterans’ Affairs Committee
Ing
Phoenix
Veterans Affairs
Veterans-themed Friday concert draws crowd in Bluefield
The Bluefield audience enjoyed a Friday concert with chicory cooking for visitors as gospel music played. Local veteran Al Hancock praised the turnout while Ronald Perry and Rebecca Williams called it a welcome lunch break. Blue Jays players Michael Kraft Conor Fisk Chase Wellbrook Chase Mallard and Dusty Isaacs signed autographs and joined in singing Lean on Me. The event, sponsored by the Bluefield Daily Telegraph, offered shade from the Coal and Coke building. Weather updates would be posted on the newspaper site and Facebook page.
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Miller
al Hancock
Bluefield
Bill
Karl
Ronald Perry
Rebecca Williams
Falls Mills
Samantha Perry
Bluefield Blue Jays
Michael Kraft
Conor Fisk
Chase Wellbrook
Chase Mallard
Dusty Isaacs
Archer
Bill Withers
Withers
Slab Fork
Raleigh County
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Facebook
Puckett Tobacco Commission scandal questions rise
Email notes suggested planning to announce Puckett's commission job with his retirement to appear due process. After leaks and uproar, Puckett withdrew from the commission consideration the same day as his Senate resignation. Hymes demanded full disclosure of Chafin's involvement and records amid the federal probe into the Tobacco Commission.
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Puckett
The
Tobacco Commission
Pfohl
Kilgore
Commission
Mike Hymes
Democratic Party
General Assembly
Republican Party
Senate
Ben Chafin
R-Russell
Phil Puckett
Hymes
Chafin
del. Kilgore
Meth Lab Bust Ties Warrant Arrests Near Ingleside Road
Princeton police arrested Beverly Podmajerski and daughter Carolyn on warrants for failure to appear after an anonymous tip about suspicious drug activity led to a traffic stop and seizure of meth lab equipment. A fifth person was detained. hazmat, fire, rescue, and sheriff units aided. Evidence of a shake and bake lab was found at a brick two apartment home, with a pit bull recovered. a later search was planned.
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Tazewell County
Beverly Podmajerski
Spanishburg
Bluefield
Carolyn Podmajerski
Princeton
Grimm
Jenkins
Princeton Community Hospital
Ingleside Road
TA. Bailey
Princeton Police Department
Princeton Fire Department
Princeton Rescue Squad
Mercer County Sheriff's Department
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Jon Bolt
Dominique Newbill
Chicory Square
Chicory
Bill Archer
A-1
Southwest
Virginia
Ino
Community Revitalization Commission
Bluefield Ave
Bluefield, WV
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