Congress will investigate a Veterans Affairs office after inewsource exposed shoddy reviews of a dangerous San Diego liver study. A new analysis shows the VA’s Office of the Medical Inspector has a history of poor investigations into veteran care. Read More »
The medical inspector’s investigations of the VA healthcare system were “unreasonable” in 16% of cases reviewed by the Office of Special Counsel. Read More »
Investigators found that hospital staff had seen the patient’s equipment malfunction before but never reported the problem like they were supposed to. Then they failed to monitor the patient while using the equipment. Read More »
Doctors associated with the University of California San Diego and the local VA used biological samples taken from sick veterans to bolster a paper published this month in an academic research journal. Read More »
Dr. Ramon Bataller is leading a huge, international project looking into alcoholic liver disease, and the San Diego VA has collected samples as part of that study. Read More »
An internal report from the San Diego VA obtained by inewsource reveals liver samples were taken from sick veterans without their permission for a study that provided no benefit to the patients. Read More »
Congress will hold a hearing into allegations by two whistleblowers of dangerous human research conducted at the San Diego VA medical center. Read More »
Rep. Scott Peters on Monday requested congressional hearings over allegations of dangerous human research at the VA San Diego Healthcare System. Read More »
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Two whistleblowers say dangerous medical research was performed on veterans suffering from alcoholism and liver disease at the San Diego VA. Read More »
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