RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — As the U.S. Postal Service continues to reject requests for transparency regarding ongoing mail issues plaguing central Virginia , local leaders are shedding light on a situation which suggests the problem has escalated and is impacting people’s health.
Local officials recently learned that hundreds of colon cancer test samples had to be marked unusable after postal delays caused them to be delivered to the Richmond Veterans Administration Medical Center well beyond the 15-day window in which they’re valid. Some of the tests that were just received date back to mid-2023.
Central Virginia residents have spent the last few months grasping for answers from the United States Postal Service, continuing to ask why they aren’t receiving their mail on time – or sometimes even at all. Democratic Senator Tim Kaine, who has taken a prominent role in this fight from the beginning, spoke with members of the media about the issues Tuesday.
“To say that there is outrage around the table about this issue… would be an understatement,” Sen. Kaine said. “People are shocked.”