Staffing shortfall disrupting surgeries at Minneapolis VA

An exodus of anesthesiologists from the Minneapolis VA Medical Center is delaying operations and reducing the surgical capacity of one of the nation’s largest veterans hospitals.

Several VA caregivers raised concerns to the Minnesota Star Tribune this month after the federal hospital stopped scheduling complex cardiac surgeries on some days and canceled procedures on others because no anesthesiologist was available…

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