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New report confirms claims by Phoenix VA doctor

By ABC15 Arizona  
   September 18, 2015

New information on mismanagement at the Phoenix VA was released Thursday morning, pointing to the hospital's emergency department. The Special Counsel wrapped up its investigation and sent a letter to President Obama confirming what a former emergency room doctor has claimed all along. Dr. Katherine Mitchell says she started seeing lapses in care from emergency triage nurses as far back as 2009. "Strokes were missed," says Mitchell. "Heart attacks were missed. Blood infections were missed repeatedly over and over again." The investigation points to one instance where a patient, with a history of strokes, waited in the hospital's emergency department for eight hours.

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