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In Great Plains, dangerously deficient care plagues Indian Health Service
posted 08/02/2018
The stories are horrendous: babies born in hospital lobbies, doctors needlessly amputating limbs, and dying patients diverted from emergency rooms.

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In Great Plains, dangerously deficient care plagues Indian Health Service
The stories are horrendous: babies born in hospital lobbies, doctors needlessly amputating limbs,... more »
posted 08/02/18

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Lesson: What we learned reporting on dangerously bad care on the reservation
Over the last decade, Congress has repeatedly flagged the abominable conditions in the South Dakota facilities but they’ve failed to make meaningful change.
Project: House committee demands answers from IHS, cites Argus Leader reporting
Democrats and Republicans on the House Committee on Energy and Commerce have asked the leader of the Indian Health Service to address two investigations that highlighted serious lapses in the agency’s care for Native Americans.
Project: Violated: How the Indian Health Service betrays patient trust and treaties in the Great Plains
Dozens of patients have died needlessly due to errors made in Indian Health Service hospitals in South Dakota alone.