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ATLANTA — Top Department of Veterans Affairs leaders were on the hot seat Wednesday at a Senate field hearing in Atlanta sparked by an ongoing Channel 2 Investigation.

In April, Channel 2 Action News exposed a federal report that linked patient deaths to mismanagement at Atlanta’s VA hospital, and Channel 2 Action News has been following developments ever since.

That report blamed mismanagement by Atlanta VA Medical Center leaders for at least three mental health patient deaths, including two suicides.

The hearing covered a lot of ground, asking questions about what went wrong, what’s been done to fix the problems, and the best ways to reduce the risk of similar deaths down the road.

But before setting his sights on the future, it was clear Sen. Johnny Isakson, R-Georgia, wanted to first reconcile the past.

“It’s time to have a call to action,” Isakson said as he gave Department of Veterans Affairs top national and local leaders an earful in front of a packed house.

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