Dwayne Patterson served aboard the USS Carl Vinson. His heart transplant was at Northwestern Medicine, which operates a clinic at the Jesse Brown VA Medical Center in Chicago to treat advanced heart failure.
As the nation marks the 50th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War, the Jesse Brown VA Medical Center recognizes the sacrifices made by Vietnam Veterans.
"We have committed very real harm to a large number of patients this week," Dr. Sarah Unterman, chief of staff for the hospital, said in a memo after 18 vaccinated patients tested positive for the virus and one died.
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