“Well, we never heard anything else,” he said. “We were basically contacted to say, ‘Soon as we found out about it, we took the proper actions. Person’s no longer in contact with any patients whatsoever.’ We did not know that there was a homicide that was connected with this activity way back when — a horrible tragedy — or how many others might have been affected until we just heard about it last week when it broke. … What we’re hearing about , there could be more victims. We don’t know for a fact.”
Manchin said he’d called Wilkie and Snider and they’re still waiting on the inspector general. He said his delegation was now pushing for the investigation to be completed.
VA Inspector General Michael Missal said that his office as well as federal law enforcement were also looking into the allegations, according to The Associated Press.
“Allegations of potential misconduct you may have heard about in media reports do not involve any current Louis A. Johnson VA Medical Center employees,” the VA medical center’s spokesman, Wesley Walls, said in a statement.
“Immediately upon discovering these serious allegations, Louis A. Johnson VA Medical Center leadership brought them to the attention of VA’s inspector general while putting safeguards in place to ensure the safety of each and every one of our patients.
“The department informed the staffs of Senators Capito and Manchin and Rep. McKinley of these allegations August 7, 2018, and they are aware of the ongoing investigation. VA is cooperating fully with the inspector general’s ongoing investigation, and for additional questions we refer you to them,” Walls said.
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