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(CNN)A Colorado hospital says a former employee may have exposed patients who had surgery there to hepatitis B, hepatitis C and HIV. Swedish Medical Center in Englewood, Colorado, said Wednesday about 2,900 patients should get tested for the viruses. Hospital officials did not detail how the patients could have been put at risk.
Colorado VA hospital $1 billion over budget. DENVER â The new Veterans Affairs hospital under construction in Aurora, Colo., is now expected to cost $1 billion more than budgeted. In a briefing to Colorado's congressional delegation, VA Deputy Secretary Sloan Gibson said the new estimated cost for the medical facility will be $1.73 billion.