Subpar conditions at a Washington, D.C., VA medical center have prompted a scathing report from the agency's inspector general and the dismissal of the hospital's director.
The report, signed by Inspector General Michael Massie, says inspectors “identified a number of serious and troubling deficiencies at the Medical Center that place patients at unnecessary risk.” Although the report said the inspector general's office had not yet found any “adverse patient outcomes,” it goes on to detail unsanitary conditions, poor management by administrators, and a lack of critical supplies.
