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Chief Of NC Hospital Out After Veterans Complain

Credit: AP Online

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FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. -

The director of the Fayetteville VA Medical Center is retiring amid reports of dissatisfaction among employees and patients.

The Fayetteville Observer reported Thursday that Fayetteville VA Director Bruce Triplett announced Wednesday he was leaving his post. Triplett's last day is Nov. 20.

The news followed demands by North Carolina congressmen for a response to veterans' complaints about their treatment. U.S. Reps. Bob Etheridge, Mike McIntyre and Larry Kissell met Wednesday in Washington with the director of the three-state VA hospital region that includes the Fayetteville facility.

The hospital near Fort Bragg scored the lowest on two government surveys of patients and workers among the eight VA hospitals in North Carolina, Virginia and West Virginia.

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