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Friday, July 10, 2009
VA Medication Errors Still Placing Veterans at Risk of Overdose
Report: VA putting patients at risk of overdose, By KIMBERLY HEFLING, Associated Press Writer
Two years after an overdose fatality at a Los Angeles Veterans Affairs facility, the problems blamed in his death have not been corrected at many of the VA's residential treatment sites according to the VA's inspector general ordered the review as part of legislation passed to fix the problem.
"This report indicates what we and the Bailey family feared," said Sen. Daniel Akaka, D-Hawaii, chairman of the Senate Veterans Affairs committee.
Veterans Affairs Office Inspector General Report: http://www.va.gov/oig/54/reports/VAOIG-08-00038-152.pdf
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