OIG Report: More Than 100 Veterans Died While Waiting for Care at Los Angeles VA
Posted By Natalie Johnson On May 6, 2017 @ 5:00 am In Issues | No Comments
More than 100 veterans died while waiting for care at a Veterans Affairs hospital in Los Angeles, Calif., over a nine-month span ending in August 2015, according to a new government report.
The VA Office of Inspector General found in a recent healthcare inspection that 225 veterans at the VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System facility died with open or pending consults between Oct. 1, 2015 and Aug. 9, 2015. Nearly half—117—of those patients died while experiencing delays in receiving care.
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