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There He Goes Again: Winkler County Hospital Administrator Wiley Resigns
I wonder if Donna Paehl, RN, Director of Nursing has yet seen the light after her glowing endorsement of Stan Wiley and delusional rant about how persecuted her poor Winkler County Memorial Hospital has been in the media and the court of public opinion. Apparently hospital administrator Wiley has somehow come to Jesus.
Wiley, 67, resigned suddenly on Monday, effective immediately and without explanation. After his charade in August when he announced his upcoming resignation and then when the time came did an about face after the hapless hospital Board refused to accept it, this time it appears it might stick. His previous attempt was chalked up to ‘having a bad day’ apparently. Leaving the Board out of it while he slips out the back door is the best decision we have seen come out of the administrative offices at the hospital in the last 2 years.
In an interview after the board meeting in August, Wiley said he had become “overwhelmed” by recent developments at the hospital. “Don’t tell me you don’t get frustrated at work,” Wiley said. “We all do. And one day I said, ‘Man, I just don’t want to do this anymore.’ ”
It seems he had such a day again on Monday.
From OAOA.com
In a move that prompted a feeling of déjà vu, Winkler County Memorial Hospital administrator Stan Wiley announced Monday for the second time in as many months that he is stepping down from his position, officials said.
Keith Palmer, the hospital’s assistant administrator, informed hospital board members of the development Monday morning and said Wiley’s resignation is “effective immediately.”
Wiley, 67, had come under fire in recent months after he terminated two nurses who reported Dr. Rolando G. Arafiles Jr. to the state medical board for what they considered questionable medical practices. One of the nurses, Anne Mitchell, was acquitted in February of a felony charge that stemmed from an annonymous letter she wrote to the medical board with colleague Vickilyn Galle.
Mitchell’s prosecution attracted national media attention and outraged many medical officials, who feared a conviction might dissuade whistleblowers from coming forward.
Winkler County officials recently agreed to pay Mitchell and Galle $750,000 to settle a federal civil rights lawsuit the nurses filed against several law enforcement and county officials for wrongful termination.
It was not clear Monday what led to Wiley’s resignation. He did not return a message seeking comment, and Palmer said Wiley did not offer an explanation.
Wiley first announced his intention to retire in August, but board members, at a special meeting, refused to accept his resignation. In an interview after the meeting, Wiley said he had become “overwhelmed” by recent developments at the hospital.
“Don’t tell me you don’t get frustrated at work,” Wiley said. “We all do. And one day I said, ‘Man, I just don’t want to do this anymore.’ ”
News of Wiley’s departure came as a pleasant surprise to John Walton, a hospital board member who sought for months to oust Wiley from his position at the helm in the wake of the Arafiles scandal.
“This is an opportunity to move on with the hospital,” Walton said Monday. “A lot of Stan’s decisions were not good decisions and were aimed at helping Arafiles.”
It was not clear whether board members would offer the top job to Palmer, who served as interim administrator before becoming Wiley’s assistant. Palmer declined to say whether he would even consider the appointment, saying he would prefer not to comment until the board has taken action.
Board member Stefanie Haley said she hopes the board will recruit outside the hospital in searching for Wiley’s replacement.
“I just want to see some new blood come in there and take over that job,” she said.
Haley said Wiley’s resignation, coupled with the recent hiring of two doctors, represents a new beginning that allows the hospital to move in a positive direction.
“I think if we have somebody that’s not under contention all the time it will help,” she said.
See our Winkler County Page for the whole sordid saga.
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