This is unbelievable to me. I am amazed at the brutality of the Bush administration. They sent hundreds of thousands of men and women to fight a needless war in Iraq. In their esteemed planning, it seems they forgot to upgrade the medical facilities necessary to care for the tens of thousands of our men and women who came back from that war injured, ill, psychologically impaired, permanently maimed, and otherwise violated by a poor political choice.
CNN reports that the Department of Veterans Affairs has launched an investigation into whether there is a connection between improperly sterilized endoscopy equipment and a veteran's positive HIV test. Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Florida, requested that the VA look into potential contamination at its facilities after more than 10,000 veterans were possibly exposed to HIV and hepatitis at three VA facilities.
This alleged carelessness is simply unbelievable to me. Yet, given the ineptitude of the Bush administration's handling of Katrina and Iraq, I'm not surprised. But I am sad. I hope Obama gets this fixed.
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