Atlanta VA Doctor Sentenced for Sexually Assaulting a Female Veteran Patient

Article Title: Atlanta VA Doctor Sentenced for Sexually Assaulting a Female Veteran Patient

Article Excerpt: "...ATLANTA - Rajesh Motibhai Patel has been sentenced to two years in federal prison for violating his patient’s constitutional right to bodily integrity while acting under color of law and for the offense of abusive sexual contact.

“Patel used his position of trust as a VA physician to sexually assault his female veteran patient who had honorably served our country..."

Reference Source: www.justice.gov

Atlanta VA employee posts photo of him ‘working’ in a bubble bath, sparking outrage

Article Title: Atlanta VA employee posts photo of him ‘working’ in a bubble bath, sparking outrage

Article Excerpt: "...this employee is making a mockery of all the veterans. I can sit here in my tub and relax, and you just have to wait,” the VA employee said. Just last week, Channel 2 introduced you to 74-year-old Dewey Kinsey, who temporarily lost his eyesight while waiting for a doctor’s appointment at VA. The man in the tub leads a team that schedules those kinds of appointments. “It took over six months, and I went blind. There are big problems at the VA,” Kinsey said. ...confirmed through three sources that the person in a photo posted to Instagram stories is a team leader in scheduling for the Atlanta VA Medical Center’s community care office. The Instagram story shows him in a bathtub, legs kicked up with a federal government-issue laptop propped on the ledge. The computer is open to a March 17 staff meeting and the post’s caption reads, “My office for the next hour.”"

Reference Source: www.wsbtv.com

Video Surfaces of Vietnam Veteran's Violent Beating at VA Hospital

Article Title: Video Surfaces of Vietnam Veteran's Violent Beating at VA Hospital

Article Excerpt: "...video recently emerged on social media capturing the moment a Vietnam veteran is violently beaten by an employee at a Veterans Affairs clinic. ...the attacker, an employee at the Department of Veterans Affairs Clinic at Fort McPherson in Atlanta, Lawrence F. Gaillard Jr. was arrested and charged for the incident." ...The attacker, Lawrence Gaillard is still employed by VA. @wsbtv at 6https://t.co/oLCyCNa8ea pic.twitter.com/A87YTvSK2q

Reference Source: www.newsweek.com