CANCER PATIENTS DIED WAITING FOR CARE AT VA
Medical treatment for almost 1,500 others delayed at Phoenix facility
(WASHINGTON POST) Some patients with bladder and prostate cancer died waiting for care, and medical treatment for almost 1,500 others was delayed because of short-staffing and mismanagement of urology care at the Veterans Affairs hospital in Phoenix, a new investigation has found.
Senior officials at the medical center, the center of a national scandal last year over fudged wait times, did little to respond to a severe staffing shortage as recently as April 2015, investigators for the Department of Veterans Affairs inspector general found.
Their solution? They canceled appointments for 3,200 urology patients, some of them for crucial follow-up tests, and never rescheduled them. And many veterans had no idea they couldn’t see a doctor until they showed up for their appointment.
Read more at http://www.wnd.com/2015/10/cancer-patients-died-waiting-for-care-at-va/#qstdGKb0vc6HGQAg.99
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