The VA Medical Center in Atlanta has temporarily reassigned some leaders after the hospital was rated as one of the worst in the nation.
The Atlanta-Journal Constitution report comes as the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs studies why the hospital’s quality rating dropped to one star out of a possible five.
The regional director over the Atlanta medical center said the reassignments do not indicate employee wrongdoing. Leslie Wiggins said the changes should reassure veterans that the center is committed to quality.
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