MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Chronic overcrowding in the emergency department of the Memphis Veterans Affairs hospital led to some patients waiting up to 14 hours to be admitted or transferred to another hospital, according to a new inspection report released Wednesday from the VA Inspector General.

The inspector general visited the hospital’s emergency department in February after getting a complaint about long wait times, shortage of beds and unresponsiveness from the management.

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