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Soon after the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs laid off 1,000 workers in early February, some veterans were impacted by staffing shortages. WTKR in Hampton Roads, Virginia, reports:
Hampton Roads Army veteran Valerie Jackson said she was shocked to learn that her VA appointment had been canceled, as she receives mammograms annually.
“My father passed from cancer and my daughter has cancer. So I have to have this done every year,” Jackson explained.
Jackson said the VA Medical Center in Hampton told her on Feb. 14 that her Feb. 24 appointment had been canceled due to a staffing shortage, and that June was the earliest the center could schedule her a mammogram elsewhere…
“It’s one thing to save the money, but if your people are going to suffer, is it really going to benefit them?” said Jackson.
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