by Alisa Nelson | Dec 31, 2020 | Military, News
In October, Gov. Mike Parson called on the Missouri Veterans Commission to launch an independent, external investigation about a deadly COVID-19 outbreak within Missouri’s veterans homes. The virus has so far claimed the lives of at least 158 residents in the seven...
by admin | Dec 18, 2020 | Business, Health / Medicine, Military, News, Politics / Govt
The Missouri Veterans Commission (MVC) says at least 145 veterans living at Missouri veterans homes have died from the coronavirus, since September. 39 of those deaths happened at the state veterans home in northwest Missouri’s Cameron, while 29 have occurred at...
by Ashley Byrd | Dec 16, 2020 | Health / Medicine, Military, News
The chairman of the Missouri Veterans Commission has met and held town halls with the staff of its seven homes and headquarters in the aftermath of a report critical of leadership’s lack of planning and policy. According to the commission website, Chairman Tim...
by admin | Dec 3, 2020 | Health / Medicine, Military, News, Politics / Govt
An independent investigation into the recent COVID-19 deaths at Missouri veterans homes has found that the Missouri Veterans Commission (MVC) headquarters failed to recognize the outbreak. Armstrong Teasdale’s 53-page report says MVC should have recognized the...
by Ashley Byrd | Dec 3, 2020 | Health / Medicine, Military, News
An independent study of the deadly COVID-19 outbreak at Missouri Veterans Homes finds that “the MVC Headquarters and Home staff genuinely care for the Veterans, three major lapses contributed to the COVID-19 outbreak in the Homes this fall: (1) failure to...
