Congress Schedules Hearings On Veterans Affairs Exposure Cases Linked To Tennessee

A Congressional panel will discuss mistakes that put patients at three Department of Veterans Affairs hospitals at risk of possible exposure to HIV and other infectious body fluids.

Five patients have tested positive for HIV and 39 have tested positive for hepatitis after receiving treatment at VA hospitals in Murfreesboro, Miami and Augusta.

The House Committee on Veterans' Affairs oversight and investigations subcommittee has set a June 16th hearing.