VA Medical Center

Two people have died after an explosion at the West Haven VA Medical Center on Friday morning and three others are injured, according to officials. Alfred Montoya, director of VA Connecticut Healthcare System, said one employee, a veteran of the U.S. Navy, and one contractor died after an explosion in a steam line that was being replaced. “Today as...

The major VA medical center in Berkeley County, West Virginia, reported its first coronavirus deaths. Federal records reviewed by the News4 I-Team show three patients have died of COVID-19 at the Martinsburg VA Medical Center. About two dozen more have tested positive. Large tents have been erected outside the hospital to help keep respiratory patients separate from other hospital patients….

The major VA medical center in West Virginia reported its first three coronavirus deaths. Scott MacFarlane reports.

Records released Sunday to the News4 I-Team show at least 23 Veterans Affairs employees have died of coronavirus, and a growing number of employees at the Washington DC VA Medical Center are in isolation. News4’s Scott MacFarlane reports.

Two veterans in Washington, D.C, are among those being treated for COVID-19.

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 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.

Veterans who have trouble walking are forced to hike up to a quarter of a mile from their parking spot to the Veterans Affairs Medical Center. A new parking garage was supposed to alleviate that issue this month, but now VA officials say it will open April 1, and won’t have elevators until even later in the year. News4’s I-Team...

The garage is expected to alleviate a severe shortage of parking spaces and growing frustrations among many of the 100,000 veterans who seek treatment at the medical center.

A double amputee pulled out a gun he was hiding in his wheelchair and opened fire Wednesday evening inside a hospital in Palm Beach County, striking a doctor who was trying to subdue him.

News4 works with more than 85 organizations to ensure families in the D.C. area have a full table on Thanksgiving. Pat Lawson Muse highlights those efforts with Shaza Andersen, founder and president of WashingtonFirst Youth Foundation, Robin Berkley, executive director of Horton’s Kids, and Gloria Hairston, director of public affairs and community relations at the VA Medical Center, and Denieka...

After a series of News4 I-Team investigations, Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) is asking questions about the safety of Washington’s VA Medical Center. In a letter sent Wednesday to the new secretary of veterans affairs, the senator said he’s “frustrated” by what’s happening inside the VA’s flagship medical center.

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.

Failures of cooling equipment have dogged the Washington DC VA Medical Center in recent months, angering patients, triggering flooding, forcing staff to throw away thousands of flu vaccines and contributing to safety violations in the medical center’s blood bank.

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 performance of the troubled Washington D.C. VA Medical Center has further “deteriorated” in recent weeks, drawing additional scrutiny from agency leaders, according to a July 17 memo obtained by the News4 I-Team.

Months after the Washington DC VA Medical Center was ordered to shape up, there are new concerns. An internal memo obtained by Scott MacFarlane and the News4 I-Team reveals new questions about what’s happening inside the flagship facility.

The chairman of the U.S. House Committee on Veterans Affairs said he’s ordering a series of formal reviews of the Washington DC VA Medical Center in the wake of reports by the News4 I-Team.