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Feds take action on suicide inside VA Hospital after Fox Files investigations
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ST. LOUIS – The feds just released a report outlining failures that led to a VA patient dying by suicide in the ER. FOX 2 first uncovered the case when it happened in 2021.
A 47-page report from the Department of Veterans Affairs, Office of Inspector General, lays out the deficiencies we exposed in a series of FOX Files reports. It also uncovered a doctor’s alleged attempt to interfere with the federal investigation.
On September 29, 2021, a military veteran walked into the emergency room at the John Cochran V.A. Medical Center. Kenneth Hagans, 61, was found dead by suicide about two and a half hours later.
According to the newly released O.I.G. report, Hagans told hospital staff, “I don’t want to die,” and reported he was “dissatisfied with life.” The report also criticized the hospital for taking six months to disclose its failures to the patient’s family.
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Hagan’s son, Graie talked with FOX 2’s team virtually in 2022, telling us how the hospital finally admitted they’d forgotten his father.
“They put him into a room that was kind of in a cut. It was around the corner,” Graie said at the time. “It didn’t have regular foot traffic outside.”
Our FOX Files investigation learned the veteran was taken past the psychiatric area with rooms monitored by video – past two nursing stations – and taken to a room that was not closely monitored by staff. We also learned the lead doctor was reportedly taking a nap and that the E.R. was fully staffed and not busy with patients.
The O.I.G. report also raises “concerns of interference with the federal inspection” – noting an email from the chief emergency department to staff which reads:
“…Everybody needs to know this is not the opportunity to air grievances. The IG will be trolling for evidence of leadership and administrative malfeasance that allowed a veteran to kill himself in our ED [Emergency Department]. Appropriate responses to direct questions are: yes, no, I don’t know, and I don’t remember. Boom!”
The O.I.G. added that it does not believe that email interfered with its findings. The report also makes six recommendations, including improving suicide risk screens as well as how staff monitors waiting for patients.
Improvements are set to be completed by October.
FOX 2 also learned the lead physician who was reportedly napping during the tragedy and a nurse accused of not properly notifying the doctor – no longer work at John Cochran.
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JEFFERSON COUNTY, Mo. – Two people are behind bars after a man reportedly attacked a Jefferson County deputy with a screwdriver during an attempted arrest over the weekend.
Prosecutors have charged Nicholas Davis, 47, and Amanda Davis, 45, of Dittmer, Missouri, with felonies in the investigation.
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The alleged attack followed a traffic stop of a driver in the 9500 block of Jones Creek Road on July 7, though the driver was not Nicholas or Amanda.
According to court documents obtained by FOX 2, Nicholas reportedly came out of his nearby home, yelled at a deputy and started approaching him while holding a screwdriver. The deputy initially ordered Nicholas to back away, then used pepper spray.
Per court documents, the deputy attempted to arrest Nicholas, who then struck him in the chest with the screwdriver. Amanda reportedly approached the deputy and pulled him away from Nicholas before both ran inside their home.
The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office says the situation prompted an hours-long standoff involving negotiators, a SWAT team and a K-9 deputy. The situation led to Nicholas refusing warnings and being bitten by a K-9.
Nicholas and Amanda are both jailed in the Jefferson County Jail without bond. Nicholas is charged with first-degree assault on a special victim and armed criminal action. Amanda is charged with resisting/interfering with arrest.
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ST. LOUIS — The new St. Louis schools superintendent will be officially sworn into office today. Dr. Keisha Scarlett took over the job in July after the retirement of Dr. Kelvin Adams. She was assistant superintendent in the Seattle Public School District. The installation ceremony is at 6:15 p.m. before the regular school board meeting.
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ST. LOUIS — A gasoline tanker truck crashed into a Metro transit center near Riverview and Hall Streets early Tuesday morning and knocked over a power pole. The pole is leaning on other power lines. Police have the area blocked off here because there is a downed power line. Ameren and Metro crews are also on the scene.
The incident happened around 12:30 a.m. It’s still unclear exactly what caused the crash, but we do that there was a second vehicle somehow involved. The airbags on that second vehicle did deploy.
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Police at the scene have not been able to give us a lot of details. Metro officials tell FOX 2 that the transit center here is operating this morning for passengers and buses. Access to certain areas will be limited here as clean up unfolds.
A Metro spokesperson says half of the station isn’t being used right now because of safety issues. It isn’t impacting overall bus operations, everything is just happening on the other side of transit center.
The extent of the damage to the actual transit center is still unclear, but I’m told it does not appear to be extreme. A Metro spokesperson tells me there were no injuries to any metro workers or passengers. The tanker driver also was not injured.
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