[vetvetdoug]

If the VA would hire retired 908’s or 91R,S, or T's they'd have some decent inspections that would catch this. They are too busy hiring affirmative action PC people to get good qualified health inspectors.

[lafroste]

So, did they find any?

[FreedomOfExpression]

Before posting, you can edit the excerpt so that fellow FReepers can see the findings without clicking through to the article.

[FreedomOfExpression]

Well, I went ahead and clicked through. There are no results given, but this quote reflects the point of the article.
"VA spokesman James Hutton did not respond to repeated requests for inspection logs that would show the time frame for each inspection, the name of the inspecting agency, what was found, and remediation efforts."
Basically the VA is investigating itself and is not held to the same standards as restaurants and hospitals regarding cleanliness of kitchen facilities.

[PeterPrinciple]

“This is unacceptable,” said U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk, (R-IL)(20%-F). “We can’t have this – why do we have a lower standard of food service for our veterans where serving cockroaches is acceptable? Any restaurant with this problem would be shut down.” Kirk has been an outspoken critic of sanitation and pest control problems at Hines VA. Documents and whistleblower statements indicate the infestation has been ongoing for years without remedy. “The employees tell me that the bugs are worse since the article came out – not better,” Gilkey said. “The problem with Hines is that they are like the Vatican in a way. They have their own police force and zip code.”

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The cockroaches have their own zip code.............

[Hulka]

“Right now the VA, which has proven themselves to be corrupt, is allowed to police themselves,”

Indeed.

Filed a complaint with the Wash DC VA IG office, citing the Long Beach VA hospital with many unsafe and unsanitary conditions, from patient abuse by staff to disgusting and unpalatable meals, to systemic incompetence by the director of the hospital, and the OIG sent the complaint to the incompetent director to investigate herself and her hospital. Surprised me, the director found herself blameless and her hospital top-tier and a shining example of care of veterans.

[blueunicorn6]

I am convinced that the VA bureaucrats are organized crime.

[Jim from C-Town]

No one will be held accountable, no one will be fired. All empolyees will receive generous bonuses for doing an ‘outstanding’ job.

[NonValueAdded]

♫ Look for the union label
when you're eating some roach infested food
Remember somewhere the bugs are crawling
their feces dropping ... ♫

[butlerweave]

The UN wants you to eat more Bugs ,so what’s the problem

[IamConservative]