Seattle-area VA hospital criticized
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The Department of Veterans Affairs knew for months that shower heads, handrails and other fixtures posed serious suicide risks to Seattle-area psychiatric patients, but refused to fix the problems, inspectors said in a report released Friday.
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Multimedia: Surgeons and medics in an army field hospital struggle to save the lives of Iraqi and American troops
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The Army's surgeon general yesterday criticized stories in The Washington Post disclosing problems at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, saying the series unfairly characterized the living conditions and care for soldiers recuperating from wounds at the hospital's facilities.
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New ventilation units blast curtains of purified air between patients and nurses in Washington Hospital Center's emergency room. Outside, yellow tarpaulins and water taps can decontaminate people on the sidewalk.
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Hundreds of people on Monday protested the proposed closure of a public hospital&#39;s trauma unit that serves a wide swath of South Los Angeles and regularly treats victims of gang violence.
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WASHINGTON - Al-Qaida terrorists looking for a U.S. military target might try to attack a Veterans Affairs hospital rather than a base or other high-security installation, the FBI and Homeland Security Department warn in a new nationwide terrorism bulletin...
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PORTLAND, Maine - Whether its blue or spotted or stripped, the standard issue hospital gown is drafty and revealing. It's embarrassing for just about anyone who's spent a night in a medical center...
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An inner-city hospital struggled to survive Wednesday amid a new report of breakdowns in patient care, the replacement of its chief medical officer and an ultimatum to correct long-running problems or close.
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A Pentagon review board investigating conditions at Walter Reed Army Medical Center heard testimony yesterday from injured soldiers and their families describing continued bureaucratic snafus and problems with patient treatment more than three weeks after such problems were disclosed in the media.
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President Bush ordered a comprehensive review Friday of conditions at the nation's military and veteran hospitals in the wake of a scandal surrounding care for wounded troops at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington.
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LOS ANGELES A civil rights debate is surrounding the proposed closure of a trauma unit at a troubled Los Angeles County public hospital.
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LONDON, March 11 -- British soldiers wounded in Iraq and Afghanistan are receiving "appallingly" poor care in British hospitals, according to families who have made complaints similar to those leveled against the Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington.
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During Jim Nicholsonâs watch, the VA was embarrassed by revelations of poor care at Walter Reed medical center.
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British troops wounded in Iraq and Afghanistan are receiving appalling care in British hospitals, according to families who have made complaints similar to those leveled against Walter Reed Army Medical Center ...Comment
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The UK's most senior general hits back at claims that injured soldiers get poor hospital care.
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The Washington Post\\'s ongoing investigation of the state of medical care and facilities at Walter Reed Army Medical Center and the overall military and VA health care systems.
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Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson used a government event Wednesday to criticize Sen. John Kerry for his recent attacks on the Bush administration&#39;s management of Medicare.