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NPR: Maj. Hasan 'Freaked Out' Other Doctors at Walter Reed

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Mad Prophet Ludwig11/06/2009 12:45:48 pm PST

re: #24 Sharmuta

I think this particular community of medical professionals is going to have to ask itself some tough questions, because they let this guy get past them, and now 13 people are dead.

Walter Reed is very infamous for mismanagement. I don’t think it is the actual doctors who work there who are the problem generally. I’ll bet that there were tons of reports that for whatever reasons, higher-ups refused to follow up properly.

The reason I bet this is the fact that they are in such a CYA mode. Right, if there were no reports to the higher up, then the higher ups would not have issues with their people talking. They would have the out of blaming the lower echelon for not reporting properly.

There will of course be a sacrificial lamb or two out of this.