Federal investigators say they are checking allegations of sexual assaults at a Veterans Affairs hospital in West Virginia -- accusations the hospital says prompted it to fire someone.
The Department of Veteran Affairs inspector general's office is investigating allegations that sexual assaults happened at the Beckley VA Medical Center in Beckley, West Virginia, the office said Monday.DOJ confirms criminal investigation after deaths at West Virginia VA hospitalThe probe comes as the US Justice Department is investigating suspicious deaths of 11 patients at a different VA hospital in the same state -- the Louis A. Johnson VA Medical Center in Clarksburg.
Neither the inspector general's office nor the medical center have said who was fired, what that person's position was, when the assaults may have happened, or who may have been assaulted.Read MoreThe inspector general's office"takes seriously any allegation calling into question the care of veterans," its statement reads."The facility is aware of these allegations and has taken steps to ensure the immediate safety of its patients," the statement adds.
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