- Beth Janicek | June 21, 2011 3:26 PM | San Antonio, TX
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Miscellaneous
In 2009, two Winkler County nurses, Anne Mitchell and Vickilyn Galle, discovered that a Winkler County Memorial Hospital doctor was acting inappropriately. Dr. Rolando Arafiles was reportedly...
- Beth Janicek | March 10, 2010 9:23 AM | San Antonio, TX
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Miscellaneous
The two former Winkler County nurses are back in the news after filing a federal lawsuit on the county officials who prosecuted them and the hospital administrator who fired them. Last month...
- Beth Janicek | February 16, 2010 12:17 PM | San Antonio, TX
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Miscellaneous
Even though a jury in West Texas acquitted Anne Mitchell, the nurse on trial for reporting a doctor for improper care, Alex Winslow, the executive director of the consumer group Texas Watch,...
- Beth Janicek | February 11, 2010 3:46 PM | San Antonio, TX
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Miscellaneous
Yesterday I blogged: Texas Whistleblower Nurse Stands Trial
Today, on the fourth day of trial in Andrew, Texas, the jury found veteran nurse Anne Mitchell not guilty of harassment after she...
- Beth Janicek | February 10, 2010 4:00 PM | San Antonio, TX
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Medical Malpractice
I am outraged that on Monday, trial started for Anne Mitchell, an administrative nurse at the Winkler County Memorial Hospital, who anonymously filed a complaint about a local doctor’s...
- Beth Janicek | July 27, 2009 1:24 PM | San Antonio, TX
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Miscellaneous
The indictment of two registered nurses in West Texas that I recently blogged about, has set a bad precedent and could have a negative effect on all whistleblowers in the medical profession. The two...
- Beth Janicek | November 14, 2008 5:32 PM | San Antonio, TX
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Miscellaneous
A couple of months ago I blogged about whistleblower claims, and how the law protects nurses and other employees if they report illegal behavior or turn in owners or upper management. Today, the...
- Beth Janicek | September 26, 2008 1:49 PM | San Antonio, TX
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Miscellaneous
In handling cases against nursing homes and hospitals, I have deposed some incompetent nurses but I have also deposed some very knowledgeable and skilled nurses. I have nurses in my family who I...