Magnitude of dirty VA hospital equipment unknown
Saturday, April 25, 2009 - 09:35
in Health & Medicine
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) -- Thousands of veterans were at first shocked to learn they should get blood tests for HIV and hepatitis because three hospitals might have treated them with unsterile equipment. Now, just a couple of months after the Department of Veterans Affairs issued the dire warnings, veterans are growing frustrated by the lack of information from the tightlipped federal agency....