MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) - U.S. Rep. Annie Kuster is asking for a field hearing on allegations of substandard conditions and treatment at the Manchester VA Medical Center.
Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin removed two officials at New Hampshire’s only veterans’ hospital and ordered a review of the facility this week after the Boston Globe reported on a whistleblower complaint filed by a group of physicians.
The group alleges that the center endangered the health of spinal cord injury patients, delayed installing important medical equipment and failed to meet sanitation and sterilization standards.
Kuster, a Democrat, has asked a House Veterans’ Affairs Subcommittee panel to hold a field hearing in New Hampshire. Hospital officials said the problems are being addressed and patient safety hasn’t been compromised.
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