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    Friday, April 26, 2024

    Top officials at NH veterans hospital removed from duty

    BOSTON (AP) — Two top officials at New Hampshire's only hospital for veterans have been removed following a report alleging "dangerously substandard care" at the facility.

    The Boston Globe reports Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin removed Manchester VA Medical Center Director Danielle Ocker and Chief of Staff James Schlosser Sunday.

    Ocker has been replaced with Alfred Montoya, the director at a VA hospital in Vermont, and Schlosser's replacement has yet to be named.

    Their removal comes after 11 physicians and medical employees contacted a federal whistle-blower agency saying the facility is endangering patients.

    The agency says they have found "substantial likelihood" the employees' allegations are true.

    Shulkin has ordered a "top-to-bottom" review of the medical center. Ocker and Schlosser have been removed pending the review's outcome and remain VA employees.

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