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Damning Report Prompts Ouster of Urena at VA

Chris Lisinski & Katie Lannan6/24/20 4:38 PM

Veterans' Services Secretary Francisco Urena resigned Tuesday, a day before a report was released detailing poor oversight of the Holyoke Soldiers' Home. [Photo: Antonio Caban/SHNS/File 2016]

The independent investigation by a former U.S. prosecutor into the Holyoke Soldiers' Home concluded that two key dynamics led to at least 76 veteran residents dying from COVID-19: repeated errors made by the facility's leaders and poor oversight of that leadership team by the Baker administration.

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