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Last summer s launch of the Mission Act by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs greatly expands health care access for millions of veterans says VA Sec. Robert Wilkie. In a wide-ranging interview, Sec. Wilkie also discusses efforts to reduce veteran suicide, his view on medical marijuana, and fallout from a fired Fayetteville VA pathologist charged with manslaughter.
Former VA pathologist gets 20 years for misdiagnoses that led to deaths
Former VA pathologist gets 20 years for misdiagnoses that led to deaths
Robert Morris Levy, 54, a former
pathologist at the Veterans Affairs hospital in Fayetteville, was sentenced to 20 years in prison today by federal Judge Timothy Brooks for involuntary manslaughter and mail fraud.
He was fired in 2018 for being impaired on the job and was accused of
faulty diagnoses that led to three deaths.
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He was sentenced to 8 years for manslaughter and 20 for mail fraud, the maximum in both cases, but the sentences will be served concurrently.
The news release from the U.S. attorney’s office:
Report: Former VA pathologist who misdiagnosed thousands of cases sentenced to 20 years A former VA pathologist whom federal prosecutors alleged was impaired at work several times, leading to diagnosis, will spend the next two decades in federal prison. (Source: KAIT-TV) By Region 8 Newsdesk | January 22, 2021 at 3:49 PM CST - Updated January 22 at 3:49 PM
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (KAIT/KNWA) - A former VA pathologist whom federal prosecutors alleged was impaired at work several times, leading to diagnosis, will spend the next two decades in federal prison.
According to a press release, Robert Morris Levy was sentenced to 240 months in prison for involuntary manslaughter and mail fraud in the case, as well as ordered to pay $497,745.70 in restitution.
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