Legislation has been introduced in the Senate to make changes at the Department of Veterans Affairs after an investigation by USA Today revealed that the agency had been concealing serious mistakes made by agency employees that were harming veterans. According to the USA Today investigation, there were 88 cases in which one surgeon’s errors caused harm to veterans, such as when he drilled the wrong screw into the bone of one veteran and severed a critical tendon in another. Despite these serious errors an

Source: Medical Malpractice Coverups at VA Lead to New Legislation : FedSmith.com