VA finds inadequate hospital treatment of Colorado veteran who died

VA finds inadequate hospital treatment of Colorado veteran who died

Grand Junction VA "contributed" to decline of Rodger Holmes
By David Olinger
The Denver Post

A well-known veteran in Grand Junction received inadequate treatment at the local Department of Veterans Affairs hospital before he died, the agency's inspector general found.

But he suffered from liver disease, and his health deteriorated rapidly despite numerous visits to the Grand Junction VA medical center in 2014. He died that December.

Three Colorado members of Congress, Sens. Michael Bennet and Cory Gardner and Rep. Scott Tipton, requested an investigation of the hospital's treatment of Holmes.

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