1.0 link 84112 <![CDATA[Poor Care Costs Veterans' Lives at Marion, IL, Veterans' Hospital]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/paul-rieckhoff/poor-care-costs-veterans-_b_84112.html Last year, "Walter Reed" became a rallying cry for the veterans' movement. This year, it may be "Marion, Illinois."

In June 2007, a combat-disabled Vietnam veteran went to the VA hospital in Marion, IL, complaining of chest and abdominal pain. Tests quickly revealed he had suffered a ruptured spleen and needed urgent surgery. After the operation, his heart blood pressure fell dangerously. He desperately needed an immediate blood transfusion. Adequate blood was prepared for this patient, but because the transfusion was...

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