Woke VA official who pushed to remove WWII kiss photo ‘mismanaged’ St. Louis hospital where vets wer

[Timber Rattler]

https://nypost.com/2024/03/06/us-news/woke-veterans-affairs-official-who-pushed-hospitals-to-remove-iconic-kiss-photo-badly-mismanaged-st-louis-hospital/

She’s the kiss of death for hospitals.

The woke Veterans Affairs official who ordered hospitals take down the iconic Times Square V-J-Day kissing photo previously mismanaged a Missouri hospital so badly, she was condemned by both Democrats and Republicans alike.

Smooch-bashing VA bigwig RimaAnn Nelson headed the department’s St. Louis hospital for more than three years, during which time the facility was rated worst in the country — with patients allegedly left in their feces for days, and more than 1,800 of our nation’s heroes being exposed to HIV and hepatitis from unsterilized dental equipment, reports said.

“What happened in the dental clinic shouldn’t have ever happened,” an employee told an ensuing congressional investigation.

“If people were taking their jobs seriously, not passing the buck and pointing the finger, none of this would have happened.”

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Not only did she blindside her boss with this abject stupidity but she smeared the sailor in the photo, George Mendonsa.


The true story behind the iconic V-J Day sailor and ‘nurse’ smooch

https://nypost.com/2012/06/17/the-true-story-behind-the-iconic-v-j-day-sailor-and-nurse-smooch/

[mountaineer]

Hard to believe she didn't lose her job over the St. Louis debacle. So what is her current position  - a promotion?   

[Timber Rattler]

Hard to believe she didn't lose her job over the St. Louis debacle. So what is her current position  - a promotion?   

Textbook case of failing upward...repeatedly promoted way past her low level of competence to get rid of her at each rank.  She was even a Network Director for VISN 10!

https://www.va.gov/directory/guide/manager.asp?pnum=30289