UPDATED 10:43 AM EDT, August 15, 2012
Patients at a Veterans Affairs hospital in Memphis, Tenn., waited an average of nine hours before being admitted to the Emergency Department, according to an investigation by the VA's Inspector General.
No lives were in danger, the report said, as serious and life-threatening injuries were treated immediately. One patient waited 14 hours, which included a seven hour wait for a consultation that should have happened within one hour, the IG said.
