WASHINGTON D.C., DC — After months of scandal and upheaval and reports of substandard care at the Hampton Veterans Affairs (VA) Medical Center, lawmakers on Tuesday worked to get some answers.
The center’s top three officials were reassigned in July after the VA Office of Inspector General (OIG) found “widespread failures related to facility leaders’ responses to clinical care concerns.”
The panel’s chair — Rep. Jen Kiggans (R-Virginia 2nd District) — said she and her staff spoke to 25 VA whistleblowers.
“Through this work I repeatedly heard reports of patient safety concerns, ineffective facility leadership, internal employee disputes, and dirty surgical operating rooms,” she said.
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