Stories | VA Bay Pines Health Care

For the second time in 11 months, Bay Pines VA Healthcare System activated emergency operations to prepare for the potential impact and aftermath of a hurricane headed for the western coast of Florida.

To strengthen our readiness, Bay Pines VA Healthcare System’s Police Service is hosting virtual active threat training sessions for all employees. The hour-long sessions provide staff with the tools they need to appropriately respond to an active threat.

A man sits at his computer and facilitates a virtual active threat training session.

Bay Pines VA Healthcare System’s Police Service has added another element to support their ongoing mission to protect those who served.

Two male police officers from the Bay Pines VA Healthcare System's Police Service are pictured here with their body cameras. They are standing shoulder to shoulder, in front of a wall in the police station. The gentleman on the left is wearing a dark navy ball cap.

Of the many opinions that exist regarding life’s essence, there remains one indisputable fact; change is inevitable.

A man sits in a wheelchair with U.S. Army fatigues and a baseball cap that has the words

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) knocked it out of the park during a joint PACT Act event at Tropicana Field, August 5.

Dr. Amin Elamin, Bay Pines VA chief of staff (right), explains details to a Veteran about toxic exposure screening during the joint VetFest event at Tropicana Field, support the PACT Act, Aug. 5. (Photo by Thomas Cole, Bay Pines VA).

The sound of sirens followed by multiple ambulances backing up to the Emergency Department (ED) at Bay Pines VA Healthcare System’s C.W. Bill Young VA Medical Center placed employees on alert, Wednesday morning, August 2.

Bay Pines VA nurses assess the injuries of a victim during the organization’s mass-casualty exercise, at C.W. Bill Young VA Medical Center, Aug. 2.

A Community Living Center (CLC) is a VA Nursing Home where Veterans may stay for a short time or, in rare instances, for the rest of their life.

It was Albert Einstein who once said, “Only a life lived for others is a life worthwhile.” At the Bay Pines VA Healthcare System, our staff embodies that sentiment, and one of those employees is Maternity Care Coordinator, Charmaine E. Gabino-Crooke.

Two women, one pregnant and with her toddler on her hip, stand smiling in front of the trunk of a car. In the trunk is a baby stroller.

Across the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, communication is critical to informing, educating, and inspiring employees and Veterans.

The year was 1997 and Jeffrey Decresie had recently separated from active duty in the U.S. Army.

A portrait of a man standing out side on a sunny day. Behind him are the buildings that help make up the Bay Pines VA Healthcare System