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Second Death At West Virginia VA Hospital Ruled As Homicide

An attorney for one of the victim's families says the Office of Inspector General for the Department of Veteran Affairs is investigating up to 10 insulin injection-related deaths.

The widow of a veteran who died under suspicious circumstances at a West Virginia Veteran Affairs hospital last year told NPR an autopsy report found the 81-year-old died of an unnecessary insulin injection. It is the second confirmed homicide in a string of deaths at the facility that are being investigated.

The widow, Norma Shaw, referred further questions

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