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	<title>Vet4Vet Journal &#187; VA Medical Malpractice</title>
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		<title>NRC fined VA for prostate cancer programs failures</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission levied a $39,000 fine Monday against the Department of Veterans Affairs for violations of federal regulations of the use of radioactive materials at prostate cancer programs in VA hospitals across the country.
Click here to read more.
If you or a loved one have suffered injury due toÂ negligence byÂ government health care providers, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Associated Press: Augusta Chronicle: 33 vets missed in alert</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Aug 2010 14:08:10 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[VA Healthcare Problems]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Charlie Norwood VA Medical Center]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thirty-three veterans were overlooked last year when the Department of Veterans Affairs hospital in downtown Augusta alerted its patients about possible exposure to infectious bodily fluids.
Click here to read more.
If you or a loved one have suffered injury due to negligence by government health care providers, you are entitled to compensation. The Law firm of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Man sues Hampton VA doctor over missed stroke symptoms</title>
		<link>http://www.vet4vet.net/blog/2010/05/man-sues-hampton-va-doctor-over-missed-stroke-symptoms/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vet4vet.net/blog/2010/05/man-sues-hampton-va-doctor-over-missed-stroke-symptoms/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 May 2010 15:19:45 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[VA Malpractice]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Bill Sizemore
The Virginian-Pilot
Â© May 18, 2010
HAMPTON
After the Hampton VA Medical Center denied responsibility, a Chesapeake veteran has sued the emergency-room doctor there who failed to diagnose a stroke that left him permanently disabled.
John Morgan, a Marine veteran, went to the Hampton center Nov. 23, 2008, complaining of slurred speech, unsteady gait and weakness on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Staff error caused hepatitis outbreak</title>
		<link>http://www.vet4vet.net/blog/2010/05/staff-error-caused-hepatitis-outbreak/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 May 2010 17:01:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By MARY SHEDDEN
TAMPA – The area’s first known group outbreak of hepatitis C was isolated to mistakes made by an employee at a Brandon holistic medical clinic, public health officials say.
Up to eight patients at Wellness Works, 1209 Lakeside Drive, have tested positive for the blood-borne illness, which is most often transmitted by the improper [...]]]></description>
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		<title>VA Limits Surgeries At Some Hospitals After Deaths</title>
		<link>http://www.vet4vet.net/blog/2010/05/va-limits-surgeries-at-some-hospitals-after-deaths/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vet4vet.net/blog/2010/05/va-limits-surgeries-at-some-hospitals-after-deaths/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 May 2010 20:07:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[by David Schaper : May 6, 2010
The Department of Veterans Affairs is implementing a new rating system for its hospitals that at some facilities will limit the types of surgeries doctors can perform.
The changes come after several patients died because of surgical mistakes at one Illinois VA hospital.
VA officials acknowledge that at least nine patients [...]]]></description>
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		<title>GAO Calls for Stronger Credentialing, Privileging Oversight at Facilities</title>
		<link>http://www.vet4vet.net/blog/2010/01/gao-calls-for-stronger-credentialing-privileging-oversight-at-facilities/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vet4vet.net/blog/2010/01/gao-calls-for-stronger-credentialing-privileging-oversight-at-facilities/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jan 2010 15:35:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Government Accountability Office (GAO), after reviewing credentialing, privileging, and performance monitoring procedures at several Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) medical centers, has called for several areas of improvement among those facilities.
GAO’s interest began when seven out of 180 patients diedâa rate that was far greater than expectedâbetween October 2006 and March 2007 at a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NRC cites VA clinic for radioactive-treatment violations</title>
		<link>http://www.vet4vet.net/blog/2009/12/nrc-cites-va-clinic-for-radioactive-treatment-violations/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vet4vet.net/blog/2009/12/nrc-cites-va-clinic-for-radioactive-treatment-violations/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2009 19:40:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the first outside report on its flawed prostate-cancer program, the Philadelphia VA Medical Center was cited for eight apparent violations in using radioactive materials on nearly 100 veterans, federal inspectors have concluded.
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission found that the Philadelphia VA staff failed to evaluate radiation doses or know when to report a mistake, according [...]]]></description>
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