Illinois Medical Malpractice Blog

Illinois Senators Obama and Durbin believe that that conduct of a Southern Illinois VA hospital has been "extremely distressing." In July 2006, Jose Veizaga-Mendez had to surrender his license to practice medicine in the state of Massachusetts. A state regulatory board had investigated Veizaga-Mendez and found that he had provided unacceptable care to seven patients. Then, Veizaga-Mendez made his way to Illinois and was hired as a surgeon by a VA hospital in Southern Illinois. At that point, the VA hospital experienced a sudden increase in post-surgical deaths. Although Veizaga-Mendez has since resigned, Senators Obama and Durbin have written a letter to the VA Secretary, James Nicholson, demanding answers on how this man was hired.

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