TOMAH, WI (WTAQ) – A Veterans Administration investigation finds that psychiatrists at the Tomah VA Medical Center did not discuss the hazards of a synthetic opiate prescribed to a 35-year-old Marine Corps vet who died from a drug overdose while at the hospital last year.
The hospital also did not have anti-overdose medicine on hand.
Jason Simcakoski died in August 2014 from a fatal mix of opiates and diazepam, an anti-anxiety medication also known as Valium, prescribed to him by VA physicians.
A report could not, however rule out the possibility that he may have taken extra doses.
Simcakoski’s death was one of several linked to the misuse of opioids by the Tomah VA hospital.
(Story courtesy of Wheeler News Service)
