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Army Notifies 3,000 Patients as Probe of Suspended OB-GYN Expands to Hawaii

Internal reviews now focus on safeguards after hospitals expanded outreach to roughly 3,000 former patients.

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Members of the media wait outside of the Bernie Beck Gate, an entrance to the Fort Hood military base in Fort Hood, Texas in April 2014.
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Overview

  • Tripler Army Medical Center began sending letters to about 1,600 former patients of Maj. Blaine McGraw, adding to more than 1,400 notifications previously issued at Fort Hood for a combined outreach of roughly 3,000 people.
  • McGraw was suspended on Oct. 17 and remains under an active Army Criminal Investigation Division probe, with no criminal charges announced to date.
  • A Bell County lawsuit filed by a patient identified as Jane Doe is moving forward as attorneys say they now represent roughly 50 to 60 alleged victims, and a separate firm has filed Federal Tort Claims Act complaints.
  • Legal filings and patient accounts report thousands of intimate images and videos recovered from McGraw’s devices, with some former patients shown images believed to depict their exams by Army investigators.
  • The Army and Defense Health Agency say they have set up a call center, Special Victims Counsel, and a patient support line, launched broader internal reviews, and released McGraw’s service record detailing assignments at Tripler and Fort Hood.