The Nation - News from Feb. 17, 1985
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An independent investigation into reports of high death rates among heart surgery patients at Miami’s Veterans Administration Hospital have cleared the facility and the quality of its care, Dr. John W. Ditzler, the VA’s chief medical director, said in Washington. But Ditzler said that he will move forward with an examination of cardiac care at all VA facilities across the country, and the Miami hospital will get another “external review” within a year.
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