Records reveal earlier VA alert
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Federal authorities were warned seven years ago that cancer patients at Stratton VA Medical Center were unduly suffering and at risk of dying prematurely because they were being given drugs in violation of medical protocol. At least one patient may have died as a result of the alleged practices, which included giving certain drugs to patients whose medical backgrounds did not fit the criteria for use of both experimental and FDA-approved drugs, according to hospital records.
The allegations were made by Jeffrey Fudin, a clinical pharmacy specialist at the medical center who forwarded his complaints to hospital officials and investigators for the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, according to documents obtained by the Times Union, interviews with hospital staff and court records.