VA Care Givers Who Really Cared

Tonight, Wednesday, March 29, 2017 on Bridging the Gap’s VETERANS HAPPY HOUR PROGRAM starting at 7PM ET we will welcome aboard two whistleblowers, both of whom work(ed) at the VA. Dr. Sue and Lisa Marie Magin will be joining us tonight for our weekly fireside chat.  

Dr. Sue worked at the VA in one of their rehabilitation clinics where patients were transferred to from the other clinics, ICU etc. for further recuperation and recovery. She holds her MD/Phd in Medicine with two primaries (Internal Medicine and Rehabilitation Medicine). She has been a guest on other shows, most notably the Buchanan Report. A very outspoken defender of quality care, she will be speaking of the problems that arose which caused her to move on and away from the VA after her 16 years of fine service to this nation’s veterans. In addition, we will be getting her insightful opinions on a plethora of the never ending and on-going issues at the VA.

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) Lisa Marie Magin, a former VA Medical Supply Technician tried to do the right thing for the veterans at the Buffalo VA Medical Center, but it cost her a good government job, her medical benefits, and her 4-year ordeal with the VA.

Lisa worked in the VA’s Sterile Processing Service, which is responsible for cleaning and sterilizing medical, surgical, and dental tools. Lisa reported co-workers taking shortcuts, or skipping basic rules, but for trying to do the right thing, Lisa was fired.

Last week, an administrative judge for the U.S. Merit Systems Protection Board ruled Lisa had engaged in protected whistleblower activity, and was fired because of it. The judge ordered her reinstatement effective to the date she was terminated six years ago.