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. In March 2014, the Office of Inspector General closed its nearly three year health care inspection of the Tomah VA. The report was not initially shared with Congress and it was only made public after the media exposed these tragedies. On August 30, 2014, Jason Siemkowski died in the Tomahawk Mental Health Wing as a result of, quote, mixed drug toxicity. His autopsy revealed he had over a dozen different medications in his system. (01:18–01:32)
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Asserts that the Inspector General's report on Tomah VA was not shared with Congress until media exposure.
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