A long-troubled U.S. Indian Health Service hospital continued to be plagued by poor medical care, untrained staff and leadership turnover, despite improvements made there by top agency officials, a government watchdog said. The HHS oversees the Indian Health Service, which provides health care to Native Americans and has been buffeted by recent scandals over dangerous care and its failure to stop a pediatrician from sexually assaulting young patients. Read the Reports The Office of the Inspector General of the U.S. Health and Human Services Department has released two reports about the Indian Health Service. “The Indian health care system continues to face systemic challenges in providing access to comprehensive, quality health care in rural and remote areas. Rear Adm. Michael Weahkee, head of the Indian Health Service, wrote that the agency agreed with the report’s recommendations on the Rosebud hospital.

Source: Wall Street Journal July 22, 2019 03:56 UTC