The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs now shows six former patients have tested positive for HIV since mistakes at VA hospitals in Tennessee, Florida and Georgia possibly exposed them to infections. An update on the VA's Web site shows a second patient at the ear, nose and throat clinic in Augusta, Ga., has tested positive for HIV. Three former colonoscopy patients at the VA hospital in Miami and one at the VA hospital in Murfreesboro, Tenn., have tested positive for HIV. The six are among about 10,000 former VA patients warned that they are at a "small risk of infection" due to equipment that wasn't properly cleaned or operated. Forty-five former patients have tested positive for hepatitis. Congressional hearings are set for June 16 and June 24.
(Associated Press)
(Associated Press)
