Horror! Dying NY Vets Denied Painkillers – Given Salt Water Instead

Another day, another VA tragedy.
An Albany nurse claims dying New York Veterans were denied painkillers. Instead they were given salt water mixtures.
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Menrec reported:

Valerie Riviello, a nurse at the Albany Stratton VA medical center, claims that fellow employees had reported to her that dying veterans were denied painkillers such as morphine to ease their pain. Instead, they were given salt water mixtures.

Riviello told the Times Union:

Among stories that nurse Valerie Riviello has heard from other employees at the Albany VA is one about dying patients who were supposed to receive morphine to alleviate pain, but instead got a salt-and-water mixture. A nurse treating hospice patients stole the vials of morphine, according to Riviello. She said managers delayed reporting the problem. Peter Potter, a spokesman for the Albany VA, would not comment on the incident or offer details, but confirmed that it is under investigation by the VA Office of Inspector General.

Riviello is one of dozens of whistleblowers intimately involved in the VA scandal investigation.

She had reported an incident in which a female veteran who was a victim of sexual trauma was physically restrained for hours under the supervision of a male attendant.

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