Joan Ricard, head of Hines Veterans Hospital in suburban Chicago, will retire after a tenure that included being drawn into a national scandal over secret patient waiting lists.

A sign marks the entrance to the Edward Hines Jr. VA Hospital on May 30, 2014 in Hines, Illinois. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images) The Department of Veterans Affairs is set to complete the ...

Anthony Muro outside the Hines VA Hospital in Illinois. Muro was one of the thousands of probationary federal employees fired by the Trump administration. Mustafa Hussain for HuffPost NORTHLAKE, Ill.

Chicago-based registered nurses from the Jesse Brown VA Medical Center, VA Hines Health Care, and Captain James A. Lovell ...