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 4, 2020 | Health / Medicine, Military, News, Politics / Govt
Missouri’s governor said Thursday in Jefferson City that he wants some answers, after reading a 53-page independent investigation into recent COVID deaths at Missouri veterans homes. Governor Mike Parson ordered the investigation, which was conducted by St....
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...
by Ashley Byrd | Nov 24, 2020 | Health / Medicine, Military, News
The Missouri Veterans Commission’s Veterans Homes continue to fight COVID-19, and according to spokesman Jamie Melchert, they are continuing daily testing using PCR and antigen testing; training on the proper use of PPE and enhanced PPE; cleaning and disinfecting and...
by admin | Nov 5, 2020 | Health / Medicine, Military, News, Politics / Govt
The lieutenant governor says the Missouri Veterans Commission (MVC) has released an initial report about the increasing number of COVID deaths in Missouri veterans homes, since September. Lieutenant Governor Mike Kehoe (R) tells Missourinet that the initial report was...
