Healthcare Inspection: Quality of Care Issues Tomah VA Medical Center and William S. Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital, Tomah and Madison, Wisconsin.

摘要

The VA Secretary and Congressman David R. Obey requested the Office of Inspector General Office of Healthcare Inspections review allegations regarding the care of a patient at several Veterans Health Administration facilities within VAs Great Lakes Health Care System. The widow of a veteran alleged to Congressman Obey that his (the veterans) care was deficient in multiple aspects. Most seriously, the widow (the complainant) alleged that her husband died as a direct result of mismanagement of his antiarrhythmic cardiac medications. Additionally, she raised benefits issues concerning compensation for exposure to Agent Orange (AO) in Thailand while in the United States (U.S.) Army during the Vietnam War.