The open 5-page letter states that Kent and Kibb allowed “egregious acts” to occur at U.Va. Health and the School of Medicine, including hiring doctors with questionable quality of work, subjecting residents to harassment, excessive spending on executives instead of addressing staffing shortages, a lack of transparency on financial matters and violations of the Board of Visitors-approved code of ethics.
Virginia is a right-to-work state, but that does not prohibit doctors, nurses, and other hospital employees from voicing their concerns and organizing unions. Members of AAUP have been working to bring this story to light.
Posts on a Reddit page for medicine have mentioned issues with UVA and Melina Kibbe. Some of these problems have also been mentioned on the Charlottesville page.
The Higher Education Inquirer will release more information as it becomes available.
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