Washington DC VA Medical Center

The Washington DC VA Medical Center is trying to reopen its troubled mammography program.  The flagship hospital of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has suffered a series of setbacks in providing breast cancer screenings for hundreds of its patients since the summer of 2019, according to an investigation by the News4 I-Team.   The U.S. House ordered an internal...

Multiple sources told the News4 I-Team the on-site breast cancer screening program at the Washington DC VA Medical Center has been closed since 2019 with an uncertain timetable for its reopening. News4’s Scott MacFarlane reports.

Another wave of COVID-19 cases is hitting local veterans’ hospitals. Scott MacFarlane reports the nation’s flagship VA hospital is fighting to help its patients and employees withstand the wave.

A valet at the Washington DC VA Medical Center is providing more than rides for veterans. She always has a comforting word and a smile. Natasha Jordan, a valet manager at the veterans hospital, drives veterans from the hospital to the COVID-19 testing site around the back. “I talk to them; I make them feel good,” she said. Veterans say…

A valet at the Washington DC VA Medical Center is providing more than rides for veterans. She always has a comforting word and a smile. News4’s Shomari Stone spoke to her and some of those vets.

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs acknowledges it has a possible case of Legionella infection at its flagship hospital in D.C. Scott MacFarlane explains how the medical center is responding.

A group of frontline employees and union leaders at the Washington DC VA Medical Center said the agency is not ensuring workers potentially exposed to COVID-19 are given work leave to prevent the further spread of the virus. In a series of interviews with the News4 I-Team, the employees described incidents in which they came in proximity to colleagues who…

A group of frontline employees and union leaders at the Washington DC VA Medical Center said the agency is not ensuring workers potentially exposed to COVID-19 are given work leave to prevent the further spread of the virus. Scott MacFarlane reports.

Internal investigators found a series of mistakes and misconduct at the Washington DC VA Medical Center involving a patient who later died by suicide. Scott MacFarlane reports the facility says changes have been made.

A nurse at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs’ flagship medical center in Washington, D.C., is facing a criminal charge for allegedly falsifying records and lying to federal agents about her work on the night of a patient’s death.   In court filings, prosecutors said Layonu Omotosho was on duty and responsible for hourly checks on a 59-year-old patient in...

The death toll from COVID-19 is rising at the country’s veterans hospitals — and not just among the patients. 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. More than 2,250 employees have tested positive…

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.

An employee of the Washington DC VA Medical Center has died of complications from coronavirus, the News-4 I-Team has learned.     Calvin Richardson Jr., a longtime addiction rehabilitation specialist at the hospital, fell ill on Easter Sunday and passed away over the weekend. Richardson, 57, was a father and U.S. Army veteran. His death is the first reported of…

The death toll from COVID-19 is rising inside the veterans hospital in D.C. At least 15 patients have passed away, and Scott MacFarlane and the News-4 I-Team report an employee has died now, too.

Almost a dozen employees of the Washington D.C. VA Medical Center have tested positive for the coronavirus, and the first death of a patient was reported Monday afternoon. Scott MacFarlane and the News4 I-Team discovered the wave of patients hitting VA hospitals is larger than the agency has reported.

Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert Wilkie says a wave of patients could soon be coming to VA hospitals across the country and acknowledges a cluster of cases in D.C. Wilkie sat down for an interview with Investigative Reporter Scott MacFarlane.

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

The VA system says it’s making changes to protect its patients and staff during this health crisis.
Scott MacFarlane and the News4 I-Team report.

High-ranking members of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs are under scrutiny because of an allegation of sexual misconduct by a veteran inside the Washington DC VA Medical Center. Scott MacFarlane reports.

Federal investigators are reviewing the breast cancer screening program at the Washington DC VA Medical Center. The news comes three months after an investigation by Scott MacFarlane and the I-Team revealed problems and delays in the mammography services there.