Shinseki Will Break Ground for New Orleans VA Medical Center
WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- From June 23-25, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric K. Shinseki will visit VA facilities in Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana and Tennessee. On June 23, he will visit the Nashville, Tenn., VA Medical Center and VA Regional Office, and the Birmingham, Ala., VA Medical Center. On June 24, he will visit the Biloxi, Miss., VA Medical Center. On June 25, he will participate in the groundbreaking ceremony of the replacement VA Medical Center in New Orleans.
Wednesday, June 23
Shinseki to Visit Tennessee Valley Healthcare System
Nashville Stop to Include Women Veterans Clinic, VA Regional Office
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Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric K. Shinseki will visit the VA Tennessee Valley Healthcare System’s Nashville campus and tour its dialysis unit, emergency department and pharmacy. Later, he visits the Women Veterans Comprehensive Care Clinic and the Nashville VA Regional Office. | |||||
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Who: |
Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric K. Shinseki | |||||
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Media availability Wednesday, June 23, at 10:45 a.m. | |||||
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(Media directed on site) |
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Tennessee Valley Healthcare System |
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| Nashville Campus | ||||||
| 1310 24th Avenue South | ||||||
| Nashville, Tennessee | ||||||
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The Tennessee Valley Healthcare System has campuses in Nashville and Murfreesboro. Together, they provide ambulatory, primary, and secondary care and a full range of specialty services to Veterans in Tennessee and Kentucky. The Nashville Campus is the only VA facility that supports all solid organ transplant programs, including total in-house kidney and bone marrow transplants. | |||||
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Nathan Naylor (202) 246-5302 | |||||
| Sandra Glover (615) 945-2546 | ||||||
Shinseki to Visit Birmingham VA Medical Center
Stops to Include Women’s Center, Blind Rehab Center
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Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric K. Shinseki will visit the Birmingham VA Medical Center and tour its women’s center, palliative care unit and blind rehabilitation center during an afternoon stop in the city. | |||||
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Who: |
Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric K. Shinseki | |||||
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Wednesday, June 23 | |||||
| Photo opp at 3:15 p.m. (atrium) | ||||||
| Media availability at 6:30 p.m. | ||||||
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Where: |
Birmingham VA Medical Center | |||||
| 700 South 19th Street | ||||||
| Birmingham, AL 35233 | ||||||
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The Birmingham VA Medical Center is a 313-bed acute tertiary care facility located in the historic Southside district of the city. Recent construction provides state-of-the-art facilities and equipment in all clinical programs. Care is provided in practically all medical and surgical specialties and subspecialties. Most staff physicians have joint appointments with VA and its primary affiliation, University of Alabama at Birmingham. |
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Nathan Naylor (202) 246-5302 | |||||
| Jeffrey Hester (205) 558-4744 | ||||||
Thursday, June 24
Shinseki to Visit VA Gulf Coast Veterans Health Care System
Biloxi Stops to Include VA Facilities, Keesler AFB
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Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric K. Shinseki will visit and tour the VA Gulf Coast Veterans Health Care System’s primary care clinic and the community living center at the Biloxi VA Medical Center. He also will tour construction sites for new mental health and community living center buildings that have created more than 1,000 jobs in the area. The Secretary will then visit the Keesler Air Force Base medical center to discuss joint initiatives between VA and the Department of Defense. | |||||
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Who: |
Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric K. Shinseki | |||||
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Media availability Thursday, June 24, at 1:15 p.m. | |||||
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(Media directed on site) |
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| Biloxi VA Medical Center | ||||||
| 400 Veterans Avenue | ||||||
| Biloxi, Miss. | ||||||
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The VA Gulf Coast Veterans Health Care System provides primary care and specialty services along the Alabama and Mississippi Gulf Coast, and the Florida Panhandle. It has active sharing agreements with Keesler Air Force Base (Biloxi), Naval Hospital Pensacola, Eglin Air Force Base (Fort Walton) and Tyndall Air Force Base (Panama City). | |||||
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Nathan Naylor (202) 246-5302 | |||||
| Ozzie Garza (214) 505-4315 | ||||||
Friday, June 25
Shinseki to Break Ground for New VA Hospital in New Orleans
VA Upholding President’s Commitment to Rebuild City
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Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric K. Shinseki will be the keynote speaker and join Gov. Bobby Jindal, Sen. Mary Landrieu and New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu to break ground for the new VA medical center in New Orleans. | |||||
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Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric K. Shinseki | |||||
| Gov. Bobby Jindal (R-La.) | ||||||
| Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-La.) | ||||||
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Mayor Mitch Landrieu | |||||
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Friday, June 25 at 10 a.m. | |||||
| Media availability at 11:15 a.m. | ||||||
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Where: |
Site of the Replacement New Orleans VAMC Medical Center | |||||
| 2400 Canal Street | ||||||
| New Orleans, La. | ||||||
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The new VA facility, scheduled to be completed in late 2013, will be an anchor site for a VA mental illness research center. It will provide comprehensive health care to more than 70,000 enrolled Veterans. VA expects construction will create 2,000 jobs and generate more than 2,000 high-paying medical career positions. | |||||
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Contact: |
Nathan Naylor (202) 246-5302 | |||||
| Ozzie Garza (214) 505-4315 | ||||||
CONTACT:
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Office of Public Affairs
Media Relations
202-461-7600
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