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Updated: 2:57 PM Sep 4, 2010
VA Clinic Expands to Offer More Services
Veteran outpatient medical care is expanding at Lyster Army Health Clinic on Fort Rucker.
Posted: 9:48 PM Sep 3, 2010Reporter: Denise Bradberry Email Address: denise@wtvy.com |
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Veteran outpatient medical care is expanding at Lyster Army Health Clinic on Fort Rucker.
The VA Wiregrass Community Based Outpatient Clinic is expanding by 16,000 square feet and that means more services for our area's servicemen and women.
“I think I can safely say for all veterans, we are happy. We are thrilled,” says Navy veteran Fred Griffin.
“In 2008 we opened a small primary care clinic here within the Lyster facility and over the last year through a joint funded renovation project we were able to expand our space,” says VA Clinic Administrator Ed Donnelly.
Now the Central Alabama Veterans Health Care System will offer M.R.I. and C.T. scans, mental health services, a full pharmacy, a nutritionist and social workers.
In the future they hope to also add dental, audiology and disability evaluation services.
“As we grow, more specialties will be available here and that's the way the VA's been doing it. Build it closer to where veterans live,” says CAVHS’s Al Bloom.
Veterans are glad to be able to receive much of the medical care they need nearby.
“It’s inconvenient to travel to Montgomery or Birmingham or Tuskegee. This is in our backyard. If you don't have to drive over 50 miles, it's a much better day,” says Griffin.
“I like it a lot because I live in Ozark and we've got a bunch of veterans that live in Ozark. It is nice and today is a dream for me,” says Army veteran Wilbur Sullivant.
Since they're working with Lyster, they're also able to provide some services like M.R.I's and C.T. scans to those on active duty as well.
The expansion was all made possible through collaboration between the Department of Veteran’s Affairs and Department of Defense.
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