The Scandal of Government Health Care: An Introduction to Dr. Anna Chacko

Dr. Anna Chacko

Dr. Chacko spent six years at Lahey Clinic in the Boston suburb of Burlington. When she was fired from there, security had to forcibly carry her out all while Dr. Chacko screamed

Kiss my big Indian Ass

(Dr. Chacko is of Indian descent)

After Lahey Clinic,  Dr. Chacko spent about a year at the Boston University until she was removed after complaints of sexual harrassment to the human resources department.

From there, Dr. Chacko moved to St. James Hospital in Butte, Mt. as head of radiology in July of 2007.  Dr. Chacko replaced the three radiologists there. The three radiologists, Drs. William Driscoll, Jesse Cole, and Dennis Wright, had a combined 70 years of service to St. James. Prior to her arrival, St. James CEO, James Kiser, often referred to the radiology department as its “savior” because its consistent seven figure bottom line profitability almost single handedly kept the entire hospital profitable.  Dr. Chacko left St. James fifteen months later in October of 2009, and she took all the new radiologists with her. In the interim, no less than four lawsuits were filed in which she was mentioned prominently. The radiology department, once the savior, was now deep in the red. In fact, the hospital was on the verge of collapse and they were about to default on lease payments for millions of dollars worth of radiology equipment that Dr. Chacko herself ordered.

Despite this, Dr. Chacko was able to land a plumb job as head of radiology at the Pittsbugh VA and started there in October of 2008.

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