Manager of VA Clinic Made Fun of Veterans Committing Suicide Hanging an Elf?

I am sitting here gagging. The impulse to hurl is overwhelming. How is it possible for a VA clinic manager to hold veterans in such contempt she sent a repulsive email and still has her job? How is it especially when you read this part that everyone of them were not fired?

Julie Webb, a Roudebush spokeswoman, said administrators were made aware of the email “a couple of months ago.”

VA manager’s email mocks veteran suicides
Indy Star
Tony Cook
March 9, 2015

Here is one of the captioned photos contained in an email sent by the manager of a transitional clinic at Roudebush VA Medical Center in Indianapolis. The email appears to mock the mental health problems of returning veterans.
(Photo: From an email obtained by The Indianapolis Star)

A manager at the Roudebush Veteran Affairs Medical Center in Indianapolis appears to mock the mental health problems of returning combat veterans in an email to her employees.

The email obtained by The Indianapolis Star contains photographs of a toy Christmas elf posing as a patient in what appears to be the hospital’s transitional clinic for returning veterans. In one photograph, the elf pleads for Xanax. In another, he hangs himself with an electrical cord.

The woman who sent the email is Robin Paul, a licensed social worker who manages the hospital’s Seamless Transition Integrated Care Clinic. The clinic provides returning veterans with transition assistance, including mental health and readjustment services.

When initially asked about the email, Paul responded, “Oh my goodness.” She then referred a reporter to the hospital’s public affairs department, which emailed The Star a statement on her behalf.

“I would like to sincerely apologize for the email message and I take full responsibility for this poor judgment,” Paul said. “I have put my heart and soul into my work with Veterans for many years. I hold all Veterans and military personnel in the highest regard and am deeply remorseful for any hurt this may have caused.”

Julie Webb, a Roudebush spokeswoman, said administrators were made aware of the email “a couple of months ago.”

Paul remains employed at the hospital and continues to manage the clinic, earning an annual salary of $79,916. She received a $2,000 performance bonus in 2013, records show. More recent bonus information was not immediately available.
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She is still getting paid for "taking care" of veterans? WTF?