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Read about what's happening in our VA Bedford health care community.

  • BEDFORD, Massachusetts--VA Bedford Healthcare System needs volunteers to assist with The Wall That Heals, a three-quarter scale replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial that VA Bedford is hosting at Edith Nourse Rogers Memorial Veterans Hospital, here, Sept. 22-25.

    A woman and man in front of a replica of the Vietnam Memorial

  • BEDFORD, Massachusetts--If this spring finds your U.S. flag tattered, worn, or torn, bring it to VA Bedford Healthcare System for proper disposal in our new flag retirement drop box, available to all members of the community.

    Two men standing behind a box decorated with stars and stripes in red, white, and blue

  • BEDFORD, Massachusetts—Voluntary Service at VA Bedford Healthcare System is rolling out Adopt-a-Garden, a new volunteer program that gives the gift of beauty to inpatient Veterans.

    A woman driving a golf cart

  • BEDFORD, Massachusetts—Edith Nourse Rogers Memorial Veterans’ Hospital announces the award of an overall five-star rating for its Community Living Center, or CLC, as part of the Department of Veterans Affairs CLC Compare.

    Photo of a building with graphic elements overlaid

  • BEDFORD, Massachusetts—Movie and television producers sometimes play fast and loose with the accuracy of military and Veteran details in their productions.

    Three women look at a poster

  • BEDFORD, Massachusetts--Veterans and Athletes United’s (VAU) Fallen Heroes Memorial, made of 7,040 dog tags that create an image of the American flag, will be on display in the Oval at Edith Nourse Rogers Memorial Veterans Hospital here, May 16 – 21.

    Flag made of dog tags

  • BEDFORD, Massachusetts--The Wall That Heals will be on display at VA Bedford Healthcare System here in September and as part of the exhibit, local Vietnam Veterans who died after returning home are eligible to be honored as part of the In Memory display in the mobile Education Center.

    Military member presenting a folded U.S. flag

  • BEDFORD, Massachusetts—VA Bedford Healthcare System is holding a virtual town hall meeting for women Veterans at 6 p.m. on Thursday, March 17.

    Female service members

  • The Wall That Heals, a three-quarter scale replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, along with a mobile Education Center, is coming to Edith Nourse Rogers Memorial Veterans Hospital, part of VA Bedford Healthcare System here, Sept. 22-25, and will be open 24 hours a day and free to the public.

    A standing man talking to a man in a wheelchair

  • BEDFORD, Massachusetts--VA Bedford now offers drive-up COVID testing for Veterans in a new location in the parking lot between the main hospital entrance at building 2 (red steps) and the library, Monday through Friday, from 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

    Map of the location of drive-up COVID-19 testing at the Edith Nourse Rogers Memorial Veterans Hospital