In 2021, an employee with the Department of Veterans Affairs in Aurora, Colorado, alerted leadership to a troubling practice within the federal agency's Eastern Colorado Health Care System, a vast network providing services for 100,000 veterans.
Aurora VA workers described to The Post a culture that discourages dissent. Those who report concerns about staffing or improper behavior immediately earn targets on their backs, employees said.
In 2021, an employee with the Department of Veterans Affairs in Aurora alerted leadership to a troubling practice within the federal agency’s Eastern Colorado Health Care System, a vast network providing services for 100,000 veterans.
The Department of Veterans Affairs has reassigned two top healthcare leaders in Colorado amid an internal investigation into concerns about oversight and workpl
In an all-staff email to the VA's Aurora-headquartered Eastern Colorado Health Care System, the regional director, Sunaina Kumar-Giebel, said "recent developments" on these matters have been referred to the Veterans Health Administration's Office of the Medical Inspector, which investigates health care issues raised by veterans.