{"id":21093,"date":"2019-09-17T19:38:22","date_gmt":"2019-09-17T19:38:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/uncategorized\/2019\/09\/17\/senior-va-leaders-disciplined-after-ant-infestation-at-nursing-home\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T06:13:56","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T06:13:56","slug":"senior-va-leaders-disciplined-after-ant-infestation-at-nursing-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/veterans\/2019\/09\/17\/senior-va-leaders-disciplined-after-ant-infestation-at-nursing-home\/","title":{"rendered":"Senior VA leaders disciplined after ant infestation at nursing home"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Veterans Affairs officials are disciplining nine department workers \u2014 including the regional director for three southeastern states \u2014 in response to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2019\/09\/13\/ant-infestation-at-georgia-veterans-facility-becomes-the-latest-health-care-scandal-for-va\/\" target=_blank>ant-infested conditions<\/a> at a department-run community center in Georgia uncovered earlier this month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Officials have also promoted the head of the VA medical center in Charleston, S.C., to take over as acting regional director immediately and lead reform efforts at facilities across that part of the department\u2019s health network.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhat happened at (the community center) was unacceptable, and we want to ensure that veterans and families know we are determined to restore their trust in the facility,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/veterans\/2018\/07\/17\/va-gets-a-new-top-health-official-but-still-searches-for-a-permanent-nominee\/\" target=_blank>Dr. Richard Stone<\/a>, executive in charge of the Veterans Health Administration, said in a statement. \u201cTransparency and accountability are key principles at VA, and they will guide our efforts in this regard.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2019\/09\/13\/ant-infestation-at-georgia-veterans-facility-becomes-the-latest-health-care-scandal-for-va\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"205\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP_357351745868.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Ant infestation at Georgia veterans facility becomes the latest health care scandal for VA<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">A dying veteran was bit more than 100 times by the insects before staff made any changes.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Last week, lawmakers reacted with horror at local news reports that at least three patients suffered injuries from numerous insect bites at the Eagle\u2019s Nest Community Living Center near Atlanta. The family of one veteran (who later died from unrelated causes) said their complaints about the conditions were met with apathy from center staff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Among the staff disciplined for the incident Tuesday were Leslie Wiggins, Veterans Integrated Service Network 7 director, who was placed on \u201cimmediate administrative leave.\u201d The VISN Chief Medical Officer was also assigned to administrative duties, pending a review of safety issues in the network<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Seven staff connected to the infested facility and the Atlanta VA Medical Center were also moved into non-patient care positions, pending job reviews.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The news comes amid a series of high-profile, unsettling medical problems at VA hospitals in recent weeks. Last month, a former VA pathologist in Arkansas was charged with three counts of involuntary manslaughter in the deaths of former patients. Officials in West Virginia are also investigating a series of suspicious patient deaths at a VA medical center there.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2019\/08\/30\/va-secretary-wants-answers-on-string-of-west-virginia-patient-deaths-as-a-second-homicide-is-confirmed\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/6303283633_8a0ef0717d_o.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">VA secretary wants answers on string of West Virginia patient deaths as a second homicide is confirmed<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">As many as 11 patients may have been victims of homicide.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Days after that news became public, officials announced they had opened an investigation into a series of sexual assault claims at another West Virginia medical center.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">VA officials have insisted that they are moving quickly on all of the incidents to ensure patient safety is not compromised.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Last week, in a statement to local news, officials at the Atlanta VA Health Care System said that the convalescent care center underwent a full cleaning following the revelations of insect problems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">VISN 7 covers facilities in Georgia, South Carolina and Alabama.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Family members found a dying patient covered with dozens of bug bites.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":31710,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_yoast_wpseo_meta-robots-noindex":"","_yoast_wpseo_meta-robots-nofollow":"","_yoast_wpseo_canonical":"","_acf":"","_yoast_wpseo_primary_category":19,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_smg_distribution_targets":[]},"categories":[101,12,25,67,19],"tags":[],"coauthors":[3226],"class_list":["post-21093","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-daily-news-roundup","category-news","category-newsletters","category-pentagon-congress","category-veterans"],"acf":{"subheadline":"","legacy_arc_id":"WSTR4HVXU5BRBOXME5GNB3LRYQ","arc_canonical_url":"\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2019\/09\/17\/senior-va-leaders-disciplined-after-ant-infestation-at-nursing-home\/","remove_feature_photo":false,"is_sponsored":false,"subtype":"","redirect_url":"","disable_inline_ads":false,"native_logo_pretext":"Presented By:"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.0 (Yoast SEO v28.1) - 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