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Wichita VA Had Secret Waiting List for Patients

By Bryan Thompson
Published June 4, 2014 at 11:40 AM CDT
Wichita VA Hospital

Wichita VA Hospital (photo by Jeffrey Beall (Own work) [CC-BY-3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons)Despite assurances to the contrary, the VA hospital in Wichita kept a secret waiting list for patients. As Kansas Public Radio’s Bryan Thompson reports, the hospital’s director revealed that information Friday in a message to Kansas Senators Pat Roberts and Jerry Moran.

 
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Bryan Thompson
Bryan Thompson has been KPR's Health Reporter since 2000. He's a lifelong Kansan, and a graduate of Wichita State University. He's been involved in radio news longer than he'd care to admit, serving as news director at stations in El Dorado, Liberal, and Salina before joining KPR. He and his wife, Cindy, are the parents of six outstanding children--one of whom now looks down on them from above. In his spare time, Bryan enjoys music and sports.
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