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The VA Office of Inspector General (OIG) conducted a healthcare inspection to determine the validity of an allegation that a patient who sought treatment for insomnia and was out of psychiatric medications did not receive the care needed at the Memphis VA Medical Center (facility) in Tennessee. The patient died by suicide the day following the visit to the facility’s Emergency Department. Learn more via the URL shown in the “Website Address” box above…

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