MANCHESTER, N.H. — This is what the US Department of Veterans Affairs says a four-star hospital looks like: One operating room has been abandoned since last October because exterminators couldn’t get rid of the flies. Doctors had to cancel surgeries in another OR last month after they discovered what appeared to be rust or blood on two sets of surgical instruments that were supposedly sterile. Thousands of patients, including some with life-threatening conditions, struggle to get any care at all because t

Source: Globe Spotlight report: A four-star case of failure at Manchester VA – The Boston Globe