Dirty Equipment May Have Exposed 10,000 Veterans To HIV, Other Infections

[evildevil]

Hearing to air VA mistakes with hospital equipment

A congressional panel is pressing the Department of Veterans Affairs to disclose on Tuesday whether non-sterile equipment that may have exposed 10,000 veterans to HIV and other infections was isolated to three Southeast hospitals or is part of a wider problem.

"Somebody is going to have to take

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[horcrionebay]

WHAT THE FUCK

[lied_ohne_worte]

Eugh. We had a similar case with a dentist in my town - he was heading for bankruptcy and therefore choose not to maintain his sterilising equipment in order to save money. It took several years until they found him out, and he could potentially have infected loads of people with life-threatening illnesses. It's disgusting that something like that can still happen in this day and age in countries that like to think of themselves as "civilised".

[sentinelsoul]

Argh, fuck, my grandfather and my great-uncle both just got out of a VA hospital this year. D=

[xzombifiedx]

RAAAAGGEEEE

[briansue]

This is SO FUCKED UP. For a country that prides itself on saying "support the troops!" every chance it gets, we sure treat our troops like shit. It's shameful.