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VAWBC`s Whistleblowers Week in Washington

05-13-2007, VA Whistleblower Keeps Fighting

April 22, 2007: Former VA medical employees find faults with the system.


See, December 18, 2006, radio broadcast from New York City Radio Station WBAI 99.5 FM, Expert Witness Radio, at 5:00PM-6:00PM EST. Please join Mark Marshall. Mike Levine, and Dr. Jeffrey Fudin to hear some of the atrocities that have occurred at the Stratton VA in Albany NY, the lack of support and investigation by government agencies, and the travesties that have befallen a number of veterans as a result. Alternatively, you may download (or directly upload) an mp-3 file by right clicking this link, VA Horrors.


November 15, 2006: Blowing the whistle: a pharmacist`s vexing experience unraveled. JEFFREY FUDIN Am J Health-Syst Pharm. 2006; 63:Vol 63 Nov 15, 2006.  This Commentary was the FEATURED article of the week in MEDSCAPE on January 15, 2007.


On Blowing the Whistle: a Pharmacist's Insights. Association of American Physicians and Surgeons, Inc. Volume 62, No. 12 December 2006.

Associated Press

11-21-05 Former VA researcher sentenced in drug trial scandal, Associated Press PDF

The New York Times

02-06-2005, Abuses Endangered Veterans in Cancer Drug Experiment 

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Times Union (local newspaper)

2007-12-11 Widows` VA suit thrown out

2007-12-09_Court papers detail dark chapter at VA

2007-12-09_Coercion used on patient, family says
04-25-2007 ex-va cancer chief admits role in scandal

01-17-2006, Lawsuits demand answers by VA  
11-22-2005, Apologies and excuses at VA case sentencing

09-01-2005, Look to the top, Times Union Commentary (position statement)
08-28-2005, VA had hospital warning

08-12-2005, Families revile fate of victims

08-03-2005, Ex-VA staffer details scheme

06-27-2005, FBI closes VA inquiry

01-19-2005, Authorities set to widen VA inquiry

01-18-2005, Former VA staffer set to plead guilty

10-21-2004, VA whistle-blower denied leave for conference

10-09-2004, Stratton medical chief to quit post

01-22-2004, FBI opens inquiry into VA allegations

11-11-2003, McNulty pushes for VA stories to be heard

11-02-2003, Concerns over VA hospital unheeded

09-14-2003, One in, one out in VA cases

05-27-2003, Splash of pride, pipes, puddles

05-26-2003, Cover-up charged in VA probe

04-22-2003, Not vets, but still deemed heros

04-06-2003, Drug research at VA at heart of 2 inquiries

03-05-2003, Drug trials at VA queried

03-02-2003, Records reveal earlier VA alert

 

 

 

 

Daily Gazette (local newspaper)
05-13-2007, 2007-05-13 VA Whistleblower Keeps Fighting
04-26-2007, va center physician pleads guilty
11-22-05, Cancer aide is sent to prison
04-10-2005, CAPITAL REGION: Sentencing in May for VA fraud
01-19-2005, Ex-researcher guilty in death
03-21-2004, Doctor alleges VA vindictive
11-16-2003, Stratton VA whistle-blowers spur call for hearings

Professional Journals

12-2006, On Blowing the Whistle: a Pharmacist's Insights. Association of American Physicians and Surgeons, Inc. Volume 62, No. 12.

11-15-2006, Blowing the whistle: a pharmacist`s vexing experience unraveled. JEFFREY FUDIN Am J Health-Syst Pharm. 2006; 63:Vol 63 Nov 15, 2006. 

03-2006, Fudin J. Blowing the whistle on veteran harm.  Federal Practitioner. pp. 41-42.

Fall 2004, Phi Delta Chi, Alpha Theta Chapter (Albany College of Pharmacy), 2004 Year In Review.

 

07-21-2003, VA pharmacists who blew whistle faced retaliation. Drug Topics Health-system edition. Pg. 41.


12-2003, Whistle-blowers sound the alarm on faulty clinical trials. Pharmacy Practice News.


12-2003, Whistle-blowers share survival strategies. Pharmacy Practice News.


05-1999, Mariano A.  Putting Veterans First.  U.S. Medicine.

 

Other Media Sources

05-27-2003, Ex-workers say patients at VA hospital may have dies prematurely. Medline Plus Health Information.

11/11/2003, VA workers to tell stories. MSNBC

09-09-2004, The Hospital on the Hill A mean-spirited VA medical center director has patient care playing distant second to the bottom line

06-05-2005, Today's Deep Throats, Toronto Star

08-11-2005, CAPITAL NEWS 9 Sentencing postponed for former researcher or Video Clip

April 16, 2007: Commentary: Lack of protection for whistleblowers imperils us all.  JOE CARSON, Jeffrey Black, Carol Czarkowski, Jeffrey Fudin.  http://federaltimes.com/index.php?S=2681966

June 4, 2007:  The Strange Cult of Washington Whistle-blower.  ON THE HILL. Blowing in the Wind.  by Eve Fairbanks.  The New Republic. Issue date 06-04-2007.