To: Jeanette Steele
December 31, 2016
The San Diego
Union Tribune
From: Michael Slavinski
Vista, CA
Re: Health Scores for S.D. County VA Drops, 12/30/16
Dear Ms. Steele,
Thank you for your insightful article, Health Scores for
S.D. County VA Drops, 12/30/16, I really appreciate it!
The comments from management were most worrisome, being that
the evidence is based on a self-evaluation may be indicative of much larger
problems concerning healthcare for our Veteran’s here in San Diego. The
evidence is measured in needlessly maimed, injured and killed Veteran’s and
please note the lack of fines that non-governmental health care facilities are
subject to concerning preventable harm to patients.
A couple of years ago,
as a pro-bono advocate for the prevention of healthcare associated infections in
our Veteran’s Hospitals, I openly supported the successful organization of the
California Nurses Association/National Nurses United(CNA) in our San Diego
Veteran’s Hospital(SDVHS). The quality of care slide underway at our SDVHS is
not what the CNA promised, Ventilator Associated Phenomena is indicative of a
staff member not preforming their job, understaffing may also be in play but
something is seriously wrong at the SDVHS.
VA hospitals are run
as independent , purposefully designed to compete with one another otherwise described
as “silos” way before the affordable care act, your article will force the VA
to flood the SDVHS with money and resources to exceed socially acceptable quality
expectations, robbing other more efficient and safer silos of the resources to
maintain their current performance, an endless cycle of poor morale and performance.
Ventilator Associated
Pneumonia, we actually manufacture parts for those in our humble company, it
was most disturbing to learn how many people lose their lives in this country because
a staff member did not follow instructions and the root cause of my advocacy.
My days as a six foot tall pile of dirty laundry are pretty much
over, between organized labor and VA staff, a tough crowed, on to more doable
things, President of the “Friends of Presidio Park”, another train that has run
off the tracks but good food is nearby, so far so good!
The cc is to Deborah Burger, Co-President of the CNA, they
pretty much run the Great State of California, please ask her office for comment concerning the
poor performance at SDVHS, your efforts will bring needed relief for our local
Veterans, just watch the funds start flooding and thank you very much for that!
The VA needs to exit the healthcare industry, it is
redundant and wasteful, the VA does some things well but delivering efficient,
safe healthcare is not one of them in my humble opinion.
Best regards,
Michael Slavinski
cc
Deborah Burger,
R.N.
Co-President
California Nurses
Association
2000 Franklin
Street
Oakland, CA 94612
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