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Posted on 8/31/2010 - Veterans Affairs Doctor Misdiagnoses Woman with Breast Cancer...
Posted on 7/20/2010 - Veterans Affairs Hopsital Fails to Notify Patients of HIV Exposure...
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Posted on 6/18/2010
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Veterans Affairs Hopsital Fails to Notify Patients of HIV Exposure
Posted on Jul 08, 2010
The Miami Veterans Administration hospital announced that it had failed to contact 79 veterans after discovering that "more than 2,400 veterans might have been exposed to HIV, hepatitis or other diseases during their colonoscopies." New rounds of hearings are being called before the House Veterans' Affairs Committee into how the Miami VA hospital, and VA hospitals across the country, are run.
Miami isn't the only ones with the issue, the St. Louis VA hospital said almost 2,000 veterans might have been exposed to HIV and hepatitis by improperly cleaned dental equipment.
The problems began in 2009 when the Veterans Affairs revealed that more than 2,400 Miami-area vets were given colonoscopies with improperly cleaned equipment.
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