Federal investigators are reviewing the breast cancer screening program at the Washington DC VA Medical Center after a News4 I-Team investigation revealed delays in mammography services last year. Some patients waited weeks and months to receive letters with the results of their mammography exams. This violated company policy and ultimately caused confusion for patients. The medical center cut back on…

A patient escaped a locked psychiatric unit at the Washington DC Veterans Affairs Medical Center Sunday, traveled to a home in Virginia, and abducted and assaulted a woman there, according to police and VA records obtained by the News4 I-Team.

A psychiatric patient at a major medical center took a cab to Virginia and is accused of assaulting and briefly abducting a woman. Scott MacFarlane reports it’s the latest in a series of incidents at the troubled Washington DC VA Medical Center.

The deaths of three recent patients at the Washington DC VA Medical Center are raising questions about whether the medical center thoroughly checks on its patients after discharge.

The VA Medical Center in the District has been plagued with problems like mismanagement, staffing shortages and inventory issues. Now an investigation by Scott MacFarlane and the News4 I-Team reveals new questions about whether the hospital is properly following up on patients after they are discharged.

Firefighters rescued several people from a 3-alarm apartment fire in Falls Church on a dangerously cold morning with single-digit temperatures. News4’s Meghan McGrath reports on one of several fires that broke out before sunrise.

Help is on the way for patients of the troubled Washington DC VA Medical Center. The VA is building a new satellite clinic in Montgomery County that will provide patients an alternative to making the trek to DC.

The VA is building a new satellite clinic in Montgomery County that will provide patients an alternative to making the trek to the DC Medical Center.

An investigation by the News4 I-Team reveals major problems with temperature inside the DC VA Medical Center that serves more than 100,000 veterans. Investigative Reporter Scott MacFarlane reports it’s angering patients, and advocates who worry say something must be done now.

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs fired the longtime head of the Washington D.C. VA Medical Center amid growing questions about his leadership of the facility.

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has fired for a second time the Washington D.C. VA Medical Center medical director who was fired a first time earlier this summer and then appealed the ruling.

The Washington DC VA Medical Center canceled at least nine surgeries Friday amid concerns about the safety of some of the surgical instruments, the News4 I-Team learned.

A burst pipe flooded five levels of the Washington DC VA Medical Center earlier this month, forcing the postponement of more than a dozen outpatient procedures and the transfer of a patient who was being treated in the intensive care unit.

One year after the release of a scathing internal report and the firing of the medical center director, the Washington DC VA Medical Center has no permanent leader and continues to face safety questions.

A burst pipe triggered a scramble inside the Washington DC VA Medical Center, where there was a power outage, a flood and the move of a patient under intensive care. Scott MacFarlane reports.

One year after the release of a scathing internal report and the firing of the medical center director, the Washington DC VA Medical Center has no permanent leader and continues to face safety questions. News4 I-Team’s Scott MacFarlane reports.