In April 2009, the TOMA VA Employee Union raised concerns about a doctor nicknamed Candyman and referred to the facility as Candy Land because veterans were prescribed, quote, unquote, prescribed large quantities of narcotics. In June 2009, Dr. Noel Johnson was fired from TOMA for refusing to fill prescriptions she believed to be unsafe. Dr. Johnson's in the audience here today. In July 2009, Dr. Chris Kirkpatrick was fired from TOMA after raising concerns about overmedication. Tragically, the same day he was terminated, Dr. Kirkpatrick committed suicide. (00:57–01:05)
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Asserts that Dr. Noel Johnson was fired for refusing unsafe prescriptions at TOMA in 2009.
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