VA infection issues prompt blood tests for vets - Army News | News from Afghanistan & Iraq - Army Times
By Dan Sewell - The Associated Press
Posted : Tuesday May 31, 2011 5:56:46 EDT
DAYTON, Ohio — Herman Williams came home safely after fighting in the jungles of Vietnam as a Marine. He was shocked to learn four decades later that his military service had again placed him in jeopardy — this time, because he got a tooth pulled.
Williams is among 13,000 veterans who have been warned in the last two years that their blood should be tested for potentially fatal infections after possible exposures by improper hygiene practices at five VA hospitals in Ohio, Florida, Georgia, Missouri and Tennessee. This Memorial Day finds the Department of Veterans Affairs...
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