Thursday, February 19, 2009

VA Truly Up Soldiers' Asses

This is the kind of thing that makes me wary of national health care.

Oh, yeah, support the troops.


"VA clinic warns of possible contamination" by Bill Poovey, Associated Press | February 14, 2009

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. - Thousands of patients at a Veterans Administration clinic in Tennessee may have been exposed to infectious body fluids of other patients when they had colonoscopies in recent years, and VA medical facilities all over the United States are reviewing procedures.

VA officials also said a problem was found with equipment at an ear, nose, and throat clinic at the VA medical center in Augusta, Ga., and 1,800 veterans have been notified they may have been exposed to infection there....

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