VA’s Top Clinical Leader to Host Veterans Town Hall in St. Croix
PRESS RELEASE
May 16, 2023
St. Croix , VI — Dr. Shereef Elnahal, Under Secretary for Health, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs will host a Veterans town hall meeting on Tuesday, May 23 in St. Croix from 4:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.
The event will take place at the Regional Training Institute located at Northcentral in Bethlehem near the National Guard Armory.
During the town hall, Dr. Elnahal will discuss expanded health care benefits because of the PACT Act, organizational priorities and improvements, and other topics of interest. Veterans will also have the opportunity to voice feedback about VA health care and ask questions.
The town hall is part of a week of activities in the U.S. Virgin Island for Veterans. In addition to the town hall, two VA health and benefits fairs will take place. The first fair is scheduled for Thursday, May 25 on St. Croix, and the second will take place on Saturday, May 27 on St. Thomas. Read more about the events here: www.va.gov/caribbean-health-care/news-releases/va-health-and-benefits-fairs-coming-to-usvi-may-25-and-27/.
VA operates two community based outpatient clinics in the U.S. Virgin Islands in St. Croix and St. Thomas. Approximately 1,500 Veterans actively receive care at the clinics. The clinics are part of the larger VA Caribbean Healthcare System headquartered in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
To learn more about the VA Caribbean Healthcare System, please visit: www.va.gov/caribbean-health-care.
About the VA Sunshine Healthcare Network (VISN 8)
Located in Tampa, Florida, the VA Sunshine Healthcare Network (VISN 8) is the nation’s largest system of hospitals and clinics serving a population of more than 1.5 million Veterans in a vast 64,153 square mile area spread across 79 counties in Florida, South Georgia, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. VISN 8’s seven healthcare systems include eight Joint Commission-accredited VA medical centers and more than 90 outpatient clinic locations. Nearly 34,000 full-time employees work at these facilities, providing a full range of high quality, cost-effective medical, psychiatric, and extended care services in an inpatient, outpatient, nursing home, and home care settings. In 2022, more than 670,000 patients used VISN 8 facilities while completing 9.2 million outpatient visits. Learn more about VISN 8 by reading the 2022 Report to the Community.
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