6 Lexington Vets Might Have Hiv Or Hep

[Berta]

http://www.allvoices.com/s/event-7821613/aHR0cDovL3d3dy5rZW50dWNreS5jb20vMjAxMS8wMS8wNy8xNTkwNTE1L3ZhLXBhdGllbnQtc2F5cy10b2xkLXRvLXRlc3QtZm9yLmh0bWwlMjNzdG9yeWxpbms9cnNz

From VAWatchdogToday-

"LEXINGTON, Ky. — A disabled veteran in Kentucky says VA hospital officials in Lexington have told him that he and five other patients were possibly exposed to equipment contaminated with HIV and hepatitis.

Fifty-eight-year-old Daryl Baldwin of Richmond first told WKYT-TV that he and his wife are most upset because the VA didn't inform him about the possible exposure until December, nine months after his eye surgery.

Baldwin said he has since tested negative for the infections. He told The Associated Press in a Friday telephone interview that he and his wife are "terrorized" by the continuing possibility that he might yet test positive.

Officials at the hospital said in a statement Friday night that all six veterans have been notified and any needed care will be provided. The statement included an apology to the six patients by the medical center's acting director, Donna Jacobs. "

Apology???? Where is their Accountability???????????????????????

[jbasser]

Berta, this thing is getting uglier by the minute here.

John

[broncovet]

I wonder if they explained to the Lexington Veterans that VA health care is superior to that in the private sector, according to the VA's own report card. So, if Veterans get exposed to AIDS and Hep in VA hosptials, I wonder what would happen to them if they went to one of those "inferior" private hospitals.

If I went to a car dealership and the salesman was touting the benefits of Hyundais, then later drove off in his own Ford, I am not sure I would beleive him.

In a similar way, the politicians tout the VA as "World Class" giving themselves an A+, then, when the politicians themselves get sick, they stay far away from a VA hospital.

Are we supposed to beleive them when they wont use a

VA hospital?

When I see one of the Obama's in a VA hospital, getting care, then I will I listen to their "world class health care" mularky.