More Hard Data II. (originally published April 15, 2013)

Cory Nelson's Ongoing Lies: Which to date have been clearly revealed on prime time television, have had no impact at all on Arizona Department of Health director Will "Yea team! Humble, because at this time, Nelson is still in the position as the acting Deputy Director of AZ Behavioral Health Services.

CORRECT ME IF THIS SOUNDS INACCURATE. BUT IN TERMS OF HOW BUSINESSES (INCLUDING HOSPITALS) GENERALLY MANAGE THE PRESENCE OF PROVEN POOR PERFORMANCE SPECIFIC TO ANY GIVEN EMPLOYEE'S CONDUCT AND RELATED RESPONSIBILITIES, WOULD YOU EXPECT SUCH EMPLOYEES TO BE REWARDED AT TIMES WHEN THEIR CONDUCT IS SUSPECT AND UNDER INVESTIGATION? I SAY NO TO THIS QUESTION, AND I DO SO EMPHATICALLY, IN THE SENSE THAT CORY NELSON (WHO WAS CONTRACTED TO SERVE AS THE SUPERVISOR OF THE ARIZONA STATE HOSPITAL, AND NOTHING MORE), HAS BEEN GRANTED AN INORDINATELY AMOUNT OF RESPONSIBILITY IN CLEAR RELATION TO THE EXPECTATIONS OF ARIZONA'S GREATER CITIZENRY, ACROSS THE BOARD. LIKEWISE, I HAVE YET TO FIND ANYONE NOT IN FUNDAMENTAL AGREEMENT WITH THIS BASIC CONCEPT, PARTICULARLY IN TERMS OF THE ISSUES AT STAKE IN THIS MATTER. IT IS A TRAVESTY THROUGH AND THROUGH THAT IS OCCURRING AT THE DIRECT EXPENSE OF ARIZONA'S MOST SERIOUSLY MENTALLY ILL AND DISABLED CITIZENS.  

IN OTHER WORDS: WHILE IT MAY BE TRUE IN THE REAL WORLD THAT INCOMPETENCE AND INEPTITUDE HAVE VERY REAL CONSEQUENCES, OVER IN  THE ARIZONA STATE HOSPITAL, THE BEST WAY TO GAIN PROMOTION WITHIN THE ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES WILL COME BY ENGAGING IN ARGUABLY UNLAWFUL CONDUCT THAT DIRECTLY DETRIMENTS THE WELFARE OF YOUR CLIENTS, WHILE SIMULTANEOUSLY DIMINISHING THE QUALITY OF YOUR LOWER RANKING STAFFS' WORK EXPERIENCES. 

This has all been irrefutably confirmed by the fact that both  DR. STEVEN DINGLE (who, amongst other things, was 100% behind the grossly malfeasant cover up Jesus Rincon Murietta's May, 2011, escape from ASH, a cover up that directly led to the horrific murder of an innocent young woman named April Mott, and caused a ripple effect specific to the impacts of that cycle of violence which is still causing ongoing trauma for both Ms. Mott's loved ones, as well as Mr. Murietta's family), and CORY NELSON (who in recent months has repeatedly engaged in untruthful statements made during prime time interviews with several major Phoenix area news outlets specific to ongoing safety issues and related graphic violence at ASH, including at least 6 patient escapes, one of which led to the brutal murder of April Mott , thus illustrating in very clear terms that Nelson's management of the affairs at ASH has blatantly failed to meet the expectations of Arizona's citizens) were granted substantial promotions within the greater framework of the Arizona Department of Health Services immediately following having engaged in grossly unlawful misconduct specific to their required obligations as state employees and licensed professionals.

THAT'S RIGHT. DO A CRAPPY JOB OF TENDING TO THE CARE NEEDS OF THE SERIOUSLY MENTALLY ILL AND DISABLED PATIENT-CLIENTS AT THE ARIZONA STATE HOSPITAL, AND YOU GET A PROMOTION. BUSINESS AS USUAL, IN OTHER WORDS, IN THE STATE OF ARIZONA TODAY.  IT REALLY IS THAT BAD! 

NUTSHELL: Will Humble is 100% behind all aspects of these matters, for it only with his authority that such staff be granted such advancement. And keeping in mind the ridiculous fact that Laxman P. Patel is now serving as the Chief Medical Officer at the Arizona State Hospital (Patel being a man with three decades of experience specific to the highly questionable mental-medical health care and practices at The Arizona State Hospital), take a moment to consider the following aspect of how things go there at ASH. Following a very specific hiring process and related protocol that occurred during the spring and summer of 2011, Cory Nelson was granted the privilege and responsibility of overseeing the affairs of Arizona's sole long term public mental health facility, The Arizona State Hospital. ASH is a hospital, in fact, and there are approximately 280-300 seriously mentally ill and disabled adults there who rely upon ASH's staff in general to provide them with nothing short of reasonable medical care, and the need for executive staff who can dedicate their full energy into maintaining that basic standard is critical. There is no justification for compromising whatever stability might happen to be in effect when it comes to ASH's administrative staff structure, and anything to the contrary suggests that the various positions in that structure have no legitimate basis; it is as though Will Humble is playing musical chairs, in other words, in terms of moving Arizona's highest paid health care employees from one position to another with no apparent regard for the actual positions that such individuals were hired to fill. In my opinion as a former patient at ASH, taxpayer, and human being, this entire situation reeks of professional misconduct that borders on government corruption. 

In this specific context, Cory Nelson was not hired/granted to exercise any authority beyond the specific position of supervisor at The Arizona State Hospital. In spite of this, in late summer 2012, the highest authority in Arizona's department of health services, director Will Humble, opted to address executive staff shortages in his overall dynasty as Arizona's czar of public health by removing Nelson from his position at ASH and appointing the man to the (vacant) position of "interim" Director of ADHS' largest sub-agency, AZ Behavioral Health Services. Simultaneous to this clearly unreasonable action, in the last 4-8 months, a number of very significant investigations into gross mismanagement practices at ASH that were implemented in Nelson's first full year at ASH emerged in at least two major Phoenix area news media sources (including the local ABC affiliate, CH 15), and during several related personal interviews included in those news reports, both Nelson and Humble were filmed/recorded issuing formal statements that were patently false and misleading, and clearly designed to mask the critical realties specific to these issues as they stand. The role of these news agencies in trying to provide the citizens of Arizona clear and open access/awareness of how well our state's most seriously mentally ill and disabled fellow citizens are being cared for at The Arizona State Hospital has been irrefutably pissed upon, and anyone of the tens of thousands of people who saw those interviews knows it. Therein, the public reactions to these interviews, as readily available in the comments sections provided on each stations' website (again, PHX Ch 15, and Ch 12), have been uniformly patterned as nothing short of outrage over how and why Arizona's most authoritative health care officials could be graphically involved in allowing for the issues raised by these reports, issues that have been exposed in more than one good faith investigation, including via data provided in this blog, and in all practical senses, issues that are ongoing at this time. These developments have occurred somewhat in relation to my specific work, as illustrated in the blog and so on, and I have also been receiving boatloads of communication from individuals who have very direct interest in the welfare of ASH's seriously mentally ill and disabled patients, as well as other like persons who are very upset about ASH's role in posing clear threat to public safety well outside of the walls and fence lines of ASH.

All of this stated, I am yet again horrified by the substandard health care and related practices at ASH and in ADHS, this after learning that in spite of these developments, Cory Nelson is still effectively acting as Arizona's most authoritative behavioral health care official. This is a man who spent the majority of his pre-ASH professional history working in South Dakota's corrections department (a prison warden in effect, and as matter of clarification, ASH is not a prison), and who was implicated as being involved in a very controversial fiscal process that occurred in blatant disregard for the wishes of South Dakota's citizens (specifically, Nelson got an under-the-table salary raise of at least $10,000), all of which was well documented in Rapid City, SD, news organizations, circa 2009-2010. By continuing to grant Nelson this authority, Will Humble is vividly exhibiting the graphic disconnect between his specific responsibilities and the wishes and concerns of Arizona's citizens at this time; this in terms of the general public, current and former ASH staff, current and former ASH patients and patient's families, and so on. 

IN CLOSING: It's late, and I am facing a very busy schedule as of tomorrow morning. But I will say this before I wrap up. At the beginning of this article, I made the statement that Cory Nelson is currently "under investigation". This is not something that he would agree with, and nor would people like Will Humble, or anyone else currently involved with the ongoing substandard health care and practices at The Arizona State Hospital. But we know better, and I attest that the basic ineptitude of these individuals is increasingly contributing to their own pending downfall. 

I will follow up on this basic situation later on this week. But in the meantime, I can only say that there is no better time for you, oh reader(s), to proactively express your discontent and related dissent specific to this matter as it stands at this time. Please see my "Resources Ideas" article and determine the most comfortable manner for you to become involved in defending the rights and related care needs of Arizona's most seriously mentally ill and disabled citizens. I strongly suggest drafting short and to the point letters to Will Humble at the downtown Phoenix office ADHS. Make copies of these letters and forward them to the news desks of the Arizona Republic newspaper, Ch 15, and Ch 12; or feel free to do so via electronic communication, wherein documenting your concerns is that much easier.

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