Distance, delays and denial: The VA organ transplant system | MilitaryTimes

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KARE 11 Investigates partnered with sister TEGNA stations WXIA in Atlanta and KVUE in Austin, Texas, to investigate the VA’s organ transplant system.  We found that ‘where’ a veteran lives can spell the difference between life and death.

Pam says John had been waiting unsuccessfully since 2012 for a VA hospital more than a thousand miles away to give him a liver transplant.

Distance, delays and denial: The VA organ transplant sys | MilitaryTimes

Sick veterans are being forced to travel more than a thousand miles for care. In many cases that distance proves to be a daunting barrier between those who have served, and the organ transplants they need to survive. KARE 11 Investigates partnered with sister TEGNA stations WXIA in Atlanta and KVUE in Austin, Texas, to investigate the VA’s organ transplant system.

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