2 Veterans Who Died at VA Medical Centers Lacked Proper Care, Watchdog Finds

The inspector general made recommendations to improve care, and the VA concurred with them.

U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs building in Washington, on July 6, 2023. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times

A veteran who died under the care of the Veterans Affairs (VA) center in Wyoming had faced a delay in basic life support and a veteran who died in a suicide at a center in Arizona had received inadequate care, according to the agency’s watchdog.

The VA Office of Inspector General (OIG)  issued a report on July 25 on the death at Wyoming’s Sheridan VA Medical Center of an inpatient under treatment for alcohol withdrawal symptoms and a report on July 24 on a suicide by hanging at the Carl T. Hayden VA Medical Center in Phoenix.