Posted on Mar 12, 2022
VA would close 3 medical centers, restructure 100s of outpatient clinics in new plan
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The VA Black Hills Health Care System's Hot Spring's Campus in South Dakota is shown here in 2010. Local officials have hinted the facility is among those to be recommedned for closure in coming years. (VA photo)
Veterans Affairs leaders will recommend closing three major medical centers and more than 170 other outpatient health facilities in coming years as part of an ongoing review of the department’s footprint across America, according to documents obtained by Military Times.
But VA officials will also push for construction of 255 new health care and community living facilities as part of the plan, a trade-off that they say will put almost 200,000 more veterans within a 30-minute drive of basic medical care and 370,000 more veterans within an hour’s drive of specialty care.
PO1 William "Chip" Nagel Lt Col Charlie Brown SSG Michael Noll Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen Cpl Vic Burk MAJ Dale E. Wilson, Ph.D. SGT (Join to see) PO2 Marco Monsalve SGT David A. 'Cowboy' Groth ] SSG William Jones SPC Nancy Greene PO1 Tony Holland SGT Mark Anderson LTC (Join to see) SGT James Murphy Sgt (Join to see) LTC David Brown 1SG Dan Capri CDR Andrew McMenamin, PhD
The VA Black Hills Health Care System's Hot Spring's Campus in South Dakota is shown here in 2010. Local officials have hinted the facility is among those to be recommedned for closure in coming years. (VA photo)
Veterans Affairs leaders will recommend closing three major medical centers and more than 170 other outpatient health facilities in coming years as part of an ongoing review of the department’s footprint across America, according to documents obtained by Military Times.
But VA officials will also push for construction of 255 new health care and community living facilities as part of the plan, a trade-off that they say will put almost 200,000 more veterans within a 30-minute drive of basic medical care and 370,000 more veterans within an hour’s drive of specialty care.
PO1 William "Chip" Nagel Lt Col Charlie Brown SSG Michael Noll Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen Cpl Vic Burk MAJ Dale E. Wilson, Ph.D. SGT (Join to see) PO2 Marco Monsalve SGT David A. 'Cowboy' Groth ] SSG William Jones SPC Nancy Greene PO1 Tony Holland SGT Mark Anderson LTC (Join to see) SGT James Murphy Sgt (Join to see) LTC David Brown 1SG Dan Capri CDR Andrew McMenamin, PhD
VA would close 3 medical centers, restructure 100s of outpatient clinics in new plan
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"The work is part of the Asset and Infrastructure Review Commission approved by Congress in 2018 but just getting underway this year." Amazing how long it takes to get things moving. Would not want to see closings until new facilities were opened.
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SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL
"How many VA medical centers should the Department close each year?
Veterans Affairs leaders will recommend closing three major medical centers and more than 170 other outpatient health facilities in coming years as part of an ongoing review of the department’s footprint across America, according to documents obtained by Military Times."
"How many VA medical centers should the Department close each year?
Veterans Affairs leaders will recommend closing three major medical centers and more than 170 other outpatient health facilities in coming years as part of an ongoing review of the department’s footprint across America, according to documents obtained by Military Times."
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I have to wait 2-3 months for a non-emergency appointment at my local VA, Ft Meade, SD.
Hot Springs is 1 1/2 hours drive to Ft Meade in good weather.
Closing the VAMC there does not make sense to me, it adds to the load a Ft meade.
There is a South Dakota State Veterans Home there. This is the medical care they offer:
A local physician comes to the Veterans Home regularly and is on call for other medical services. The nursing staff of the Nursing Care Unit, continuously supervised by Registered Nurses, provides whirlpool baths, assistance in activities in daily living, supervised medications, and other personal services.
I do not know how many Vets live there, or how many use the VAMC there, but this causes more problems.
Leave well enough alone.
Hot Springs is 1 1/2 hours drive to Ft Meade in good weather.
Closing the VAMC there does not make sense to me, it adds to the load a Ft meade.
There is a South Dakota State Veterans Home there. This is the medical care they offer:
A local physician comes to the Veterans Home regularly and is on call for other medical services. The nursing staff of the Nursing Care Unit, continuously supervised by Registered Nurses, provides whirlpool baths, assistance in activities in daily living, supervised medications, and other personal services.
I do not know how many Vets live there, or how many use the VAMC there, but this causes more problems.
Leave well enough alone.
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