CBS affiliate KMOX reports:
Dr. Jose Mathews says he’s paying the price for being a whistle-blower at the VA hospital in St. Louis.
He didn’t hold back as he told his story to KMOX.
Mathews was head of psychiatry at the VA before he came forward to say that doctors were treating only half the mental health patients they had the capacity to handle.
After, he says he was promptly removed from his position and specifically instructed not to contact any of the psychiatrists he was leading.
But even though he was re-located to a basement office, Mathews continues going to work at the VA as scheduled—but says there has been harassment from some co-workers.
He didn’t hold back as he told his story to KMOX.
Mathews was head of psychiatry at the VA before he came forward to say that doctors were treating only half the mental health patients they had the capacity to handle.
After, he says he was promptly removed from his position and specifically instructed not to contact any of the psychiatrists he was leading.
But even though he was re-located to a basement office, Mathews continues going to work at the VA as scheduled—but says there has been harassment from some co-workers.
