Christian whistleblower nurse fired from Texas Children’s Hospital talks spiritual war
August 26, 2024
A Christian nurse who says she was terminated for blowing the whistle on alleged Medicare fraud related to transgender procedures at Texas Children’s Hospital (TCH) is speaking out on her ordeal.
The Christian Post reports that Vanessa Sivadge describes her situation as part of a spiritual battle in which she is speaking out because of her faith.
Sivadge says she was fired by TCH on August 16 for exposing alleged Medicaid fraud which was using federal funds to pay for cross-sex hormones and puberty blockers for minors, in violation of Texas state law.
Sivadge had approached journalist Christopher Rufo last year after Rufo had published a story about Dr. Ethan Haim who leaked medical records showing that TCH was continuing to prescribe puberty blockers to children while publicly claiming otherwise.
Haim was charged in June with four felony counts for obtaining what the U.S. Dept. of Justice called: “personal information including patient names, treatment codes and the attending physician from Texas Children’s Hospital’s (TCH) electronic system without authorization.”
Both Haim and Rufo maintain that the patient names were redacted from the documents he leaked.
Sivadge told Rufo that she requested a religious accommodation transfer out of the endocrinology clinic where she was being forced into “indirect participation in the care of children on cross-sex hormones.”
Instead, Sivadge says she was terminated on Aug. 16, adding, “This is unlawful for two reasons: it is retaliation for my coming forward with information on TCH’s egregious pattern of deception and Medicaid fraud, and this action also illegally disregarded my request to transfer due to my belief that these procedures bring irreversible harm and lifelong regret to children confused about their sex.”
Unlike Haim, Sivadge does not face federal charges at this time but she was visited at her home by two FBI agents last year shortly after Rufo published her whistleblowing.
Photo: top, Credit: GiveSendGo/Vanessa Sivadge