RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — A Richmond veterans healthcare facility failed to make sure that a disabled veteran with significant medical concerns could be appropriately cared for post-discharge, with that veteran instead ending up incarcerated just days later.
The Central Virginia VA Health Care System in Richmond provides acute medical, surgical and psychiatric inpatient care and is part of the Veterans Health Administration (VHA).
On Friday, Aug. 14, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs’ Office of the Inspector General (VA OIG) released a report on the investigation into a patient’s discharge from this system…