Post by jerryfmcompushaft on Sept 11, 2012 13:37:43 GMT -5
A former Camp Lejeune Naval Hospital psychiatrist who claimed his contract with the hospital was wrongfully terminated in 2009 has recently filed a federal whistleblower lawsuit in U.S. District Court.
In the lawsuit, Dr. Kernan Manion, a board certified psychiatrist for more than 25 years, claims he was wrongfully terminated for reporting mishandled cases of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and Traumatic Brain Injury at Naval Hospital Camp Lejeune Health Center. He also claims the center lacked the safety protocols necessary to protect those at the base from patients who were diagnosed as potentially violent to themselves or others.
Manion filed the lawsuit against the contracting companies that hired him to work at the hospital: Spectrum Healthcare Resources and Nitelines Kuhana JV LLC.
More here
Of course, I have none of the details of this case, but it smells. Based on my own experience with a totally incompetent psychiatrist who sued the company over a poor employment recommendation, there are some really poor shrinks out there who are not above crying 'foul' to make some money when they can't do it with their own abilities. It appears to be one of the easiest branches of medicine for incompetent to muddle by in.
In the lawsuit, Dr. Kernan Manion, a board certified psychiatrist for more than 25 years, claims he was wrongfully terminated for reporting mishandled cases of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and Traumatic Brain Injury at Naval Hospital Camp Lejeune Health Center. He also claims the center lacked the safety protocols necessary to protect those at the base from patients who were diagnosed as potentially violent to themselves or others.
Manion filed the lawsuit against the contracting companies that hired him to work at the hospital: Spectrum Healthcare Resources and Nitelines Kuhana JV LLC.
More here
Of course, I have none of the details of this case, but it smells. Based on my own experience with a totally incompetent psychiatrist who sued the company over a poor employment recommendation, there are some really poor shrinks out there who are not above crying 'foul' to make some money when they can't do it with their own abilities. It appears to be one of the easiest branches of medicine for incompetent to muddle by in.
;D