-Caveat Lector-
Doctor fired for challenging Navy diagnoses
Copyright � 1999 Nando Media
Copyright � 1999 Associated Press
By VICKI SMITH
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (December 6, 1999 10:25 p.m. EST
http://www.nandotimes.com) - A doctor who went public with his belief the
Navy may have misdiagnosed hundreds of sailors exposed to potentially
lethal mineral dust says he was fired Monday for insubordination.
Dr. Philip Jajosky, an outspoken medical investigator and 23-year veteran
of the U.S. Public Health Service, was ordered to pack up his belongings,
then escorted out of his office at the National Institute for Occupational
Safety and Health here.
The termination was characterized as an "involuntary retirement," Jajosky
said.
His firing comes more than two months after closed hearings in Rockville,
Md., where a panel discussed allegations Jajosky had defied the chain of
command and performed poorly at work.
Jajosky raised a red flag in 1992 after researching the case of an ex-sailor
from Albany, Ga., and a decision by the U.S. Department of Veterans
Affairs to change his diagnosis.
The patient, Jerry Cochran, helped scrape adhesive off the decks of
aircraft carriers during the 1970s, stirring up and inhaling dust.
The old diagnosis was sarcoidosis, a rare lung disorder with no known
cause. The new diagnosis identified silicosis, a chronic respiratory
disease caused by inhaling silica, a hard, glassy mineral.
The change and Jajosky's report to the Navy led to a recommendation by
the VA that its 172 medical centers perform detailed medical histories on
affected sailors. There are no known estimates of how many could be at
risk.
Jajosky's opinions on the sarcoidosis cases, if validated, could have
enormous financial ramifications for the Navy. Compensation and disability
payments to those who have suffered or died of lung disease could
become possibilities.
Jajosky contends his research cost him his job.
"I didn't just pop on the scene and say, 'I'm going to raise hell.' Everything
was fine in my career until I got involved in this investigation," Jajosky said
Monday night.
Jajosky's supervisor, Bill Eschenbacher, did not immediately return a
telephone message left at NIOSH offices Monday night.
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California Director
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