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10 deaths at VA hospital in West Virginia under investigation; 1 has been ruled a homicide.

Investigators are probing the deaths of about 10 patients at a Veterans Affairs hospital in West Virginia, with the death of one — a retired Vietnam vet — ruled a homicide.died in April 2018 at the Louis A. Johnson VA Medical Center in Clarksburg, West Virginia.

Insulin can be deadly if a patient does not suffer from diabetes — and McDermott was not diabetic, his family said."Nobody at the medical center told his family about the sudden and unexplained hypoglycemia that caused his death," the claim says. Nor was the family told about"similar unexplained" patient deaths at the hospital.

"If the medical examiner's conclusion is correct, Felix Kirk McDermott was murdered while he was in the care and custody of the Louis A. Johnson VA Medical Center," the family's claim says.A Department of Veterans Affairs representative said in a statement that the medical center was being investigated and that no"current" employees of the hospital was involved.Sen.

"These crimes shock the conscience and I’m still appalled they were not only committed but that our Veterans, who have sacrificed so much for our country, were the victims,"

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