tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-66061928943927955762024-03-13T06:59:05.327-07:00Loma Linda VA Hospital threatening aggressionva-transparent-watchdoghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14110543502059470229noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606192894392795576.post-18738076483340169452009-05-16T10:56:00.000-07:002009-05-16T11:16:38.358-07:00Loma Linda CA, VA Hospital volunteer is threatening me...<span style="font-size:180%;color:#996633;">Anyone:</span><br />Please help by sending a copy of this blog address, To Whom It <strong><span style="font-size:130%;">Should Concern</span>:</strong><br /><br /><strong>Below is my formal written complaint against VA volunteer Curtis Hobbs’s threatening aggression towards me while I was seeking his help at the Loma Linda, CA, VA hospital.<br /></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">Complaint filed with the Patient Advocate office:<br /></span></strong><br />Patient Advocate Phone: 1-800-741-8387 or 909-825-7084<br />Ext. 6175 and Ext. 6174<br /><br /><strong>VA Loma Linda Healthcare System<br />11201 Benton Street<br />Loma Linda, CA 92357<br />1 (800) 741-8387 – (909) 825-7084<br /></strong><a href="http://www.lom.med.va.gov/"><strong>www.lom.med.va.gov</strong></a><br /><br /><br />Date: Aug 25, 2008 Page 1 of 2<br /><br />Name: Carl G. Mueller<br />Phone Number: 909-866-9310<br /><br />Last four of your SS Number (optional) ****<br /><br /><strong>Nature of Compliment/Concern:<br /></strong> I was standing in the doorway of Mr. Curtis Hobbs’s office writing down his name, room 1F-41 at about 10:15 am.<br /> <strong><span style="font-size:130%;">Mr. Hobbs said to me. <span style="color:#cc9933;">“What the fu*k do you want?”<br /></span></span></strong> I said, “What words did you use towards me?”<br /><br /> Mr. Hobbs said it differently the next time without using the fu*k word.<br /><br />Mr. Hobbs said to me as he started towards me, <strong><span style="font-size:130%;color:#cc9933;">“What do you think I said?”<br /></span></strong><br />I repeated what he said the first time using the fu*k word.<br /><br /><strong>Mr. Hobbs was now only about 2-inches from my face telling me in a threatening way saying, “Get out of my office.”</strong><br /><br />I then said, “Do you want to settle this outside?”<br /><br />Hobbs said, <span style="font-size:130%;color:#cc9933;"><strong>“Yes.”<br /></strong></span><br />We both started to walk outside when another employee appeared. <span style="font-size:130%;color:#cc0000;"><strong>This Employee admitted hearing the conversation threw portable phone head set.</strong></span> More threatening talk continued.<br /><br />Page 2 of 2<br /><br />I asked Hobbs for his business card but he would not give it to me.<br /><br /> It is possible that the man was not Mr. Hobbs. This man I’m calling Hobbs is black, about 5 feet 8 inches and a thin 130 pounds.<br /><br /> This thin man “Hobbs” wrote down his supervisors phone number and his first name as <strong><span style="font-size:130%;">Scott-</span></strong>no last name.<br /><br />The note said <span style="font-size:180%;"><strong><span style="color:#cc0000;"><span style="color:#000000;">Scott</span>, 619-400-5322</span></strong>.<br /></span><br /> <strong>I think Hobbs should not have a Job in a hospital where people under stress need to talk to him.<br /></strong><br /> Mr. Hobbs appeared content having me appeared hurt.<br /><br /> Other things where said which will appear in a <span style="font-size:130%;color:#cc0000;"><strong>letter to U.S. Congressman <span style="color:#000000;">Jerry Lewis</span> and others.<br /></strong></span><br /> I also asked officer Brent Carter #3160, security for the VA Hospital and Ken Johnson Patient Advocate for help about Hobbs’s aggressive, threatening attitude. <strong><span style="color:#cc6600;">Nothing was done.<br /></span></strong><br /><br />Signature: <em><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"><strong>Carl G. Mueller</strong>,</span></em> 8/25/08<br />End of the complaint document:<br /><br /><br /><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">I registered my complaint moments after the incident. The problem is that the Patient Advocate doesn’t get involved with complaints against a volunteer of the Loma Linda, CA, VA hospital. I was told that Annie Tuttle of Public Affairs handles complaints with volunteers. About three weeks latter Tuttle left me a phone message saying she gave Hobbs’s supervisor my complaint and basically wanted my complaint to end.<br /></span></strong><br />I have sent copies of my complaint to my <strong><span style="font-size:130%;">US Congressman Jerry Lewis</span></strong>, <span style="color:#cc0000;"><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">Senators,</span></strong> <strong><span style="font-size:130%;">Feinstein</span></strong></span> and <span style="font-size:130%;color:#000000;"><strong>Boxer </strong></span>and <strong><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color:#cc6600;">all 15 Senate Committee Members of </span><span style="color:#cc6600;">Veterans’ Affairs</span></span></strong><span style="color:#cc6600;">.</span> <strong>I haven’t received a response from anyone</strong>. Not even a form letter. So now I write letters to newspapers and do blogs.<br /><br />Update:<br />Sept. 22, 2008, 9: 30 am.<br /><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">Talked to Congressman Jerry Lewis’s male Secretary Shawn. Shawn said the office got two of my letters Friday and will respond. I requested the office send me more then a form letter but include specific details as to actions or non-actions the Congressman will or will not take. I also requested he please indicate the date of the letter the Congressman’s response refers to.<br /></span></strong><br />Sept. 22, 2008, 9: 45 am. I talked to the VFW office of <strong>Scott Langhof</strong> who is the supervisor of <strong><span style="color:#996633;">Curtis Hobbs.</span></strong> Langhof was too occupied with other clients to talk to me, so I requested the secretary have Mr. Langhof give me a written response regarding the Aug. 25, 2008 complaint against his VFW volunteer Curtis Hobbs. <strong>Nothing in writing or phone call.<br /></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#cc0000;">VFW, Mr. Scott Langhof Phone: 1-619-400-5322<br />8810 San Diego Dr. Suite 1161<br />San Diego, CA, 92108</span></strong><br /><br /><strong>In conclusion:<br /><span style="color:#ffcc00;">My complaint about VFW representative Curtis Hobbs is just a very small incident but reflects the unwillingness of the government to hold government representatives accountable. We the people and to a lesser extent the news media are the ones responsible for allowing our Government Representatives to overlook our complaints.</span></strong> <br /><br />Media:<br />My fight is our fight.<br /><br />Sincerely,<br /><strong><em>Carl G. Mueller, Nam 68</em></strong><br /><br />PS<br /><strong><span style="font-size:180%;color:#cc0000;">Pat Tillman, <span style="color:#000000;">you are not forgotten</span>.</span></strong>va-transparent-watchdoghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14110543502059470229noreply@blogger.com0