Sunaina Kumar-Giebel, director of the VA Rocky Mountain network, which includes the Aurora hospital, confirmed The Denver Post’s reporting from November that first uncovered the prosthetics order-d…
The Rocky Mountain Regional VA Medical Center in Aurora on Nov. 9, 2023. The image was made using homemade plastic filters that the photogapgher attached to 50mm lens to give the image a more stylized look. improperly canceled 1,000 orders without contacting veterans who sought artificial limbs, hearing aids and other devices to help them live more functional lives, a regional Veterans Affairs leader acknowledged.
Kumar-Giebel said the VA brought in outside staff to ease the logjam. There are now zero delayed prosthetics orders, she said, and none have been in the system for more than three days. VA brass, in Friday’s interview, also offered additional details concerning the October removal of the Aurora hospital’s leadership.
Additional red flags came when a number of people in executive leadership departed in rapid succession.The Post’s reporting last monthRep. Jason Crow demands accounting of Eastern Colorado VA’s alleged deletion of veterans’ prosthetics orders Crisis-level staffing protocols are not being used anymore, she said, though additional support staff may be floated to the ICU to help in certain circumstances.in February that the federal agency must manage its workforce in a “tighter fiscal picture,” but that there is no nationwide hiring freeze.
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