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Due to staff departures from the Salida VA Clinic, the clinic hours will temporarily be reduced starting on October 7. The new clinic hours will be Tuesday-Thursday from 9am-12pm and 12:30-3:30pm. Lab draw appointments will be available on Tuesday mornings only.

Stories

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

During a snowstorm in 1978, U.S. Marine Corps Veteran John Klotz stopped on the side of the road to assist a stranded woman. That good deed took an unpredictable turn.

Smiling man riding a recumbent bike on the roadside with mountain view in the background.

“The whole time I was in the military, we were at war,” said Chad Stanion, who enlisted in the U.S. Navy shortly before 9/11.

Man standing outside VA in dark uniform from his department.

Angie Carver’s heart was broken in 2010 when her 21-year-old son, U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Ross Carver, was killed in action in Afghanistan.

Two photos: one features six women wearing holiday gear standing in front of a table loaded with wrapped presents. Second photo: Ms. Carver holding up a wrapped gift.

“I couldn’t walk 40 years ago,” said U.S. Navy Veteran Michael Diggs. “It took a while to walk again. It was fear.”

Two shots of same man in scrubs, using wipes and changing trash can liner.

“I’m a scientific skeptic but also an early adopter. I like medical technology that takes us to the next level,” said Dr. R. Matthew Reveille, Rocky Mountain Regional VA Medical Center section chief of gastroenterology and hepatology.

Woman lying on gurney, large device beside the bed with cylindrical component extending over her abdomen.

Richard Smith, a U.S. Navy Veteran, has lived with cancer since 2012. “My first round was kidney cancer,” he said. “VA operated and removed half my kidney.”

Smiling man sitting, dog in lap, with IVs in arms; his arms raised at the elbows.

When M. Scott Beaver was 14, his grandmother instilled in him a love of quilting. “She tried to show me crocheting,” he said, “but I lost my temper.”

Man and woman hold large quilt with image of an angel.

In honor of Veterans Day and to combat the growing challenge of food insecurity, VA and community partners joined forces for a Feed the Children giveaway on Nov. 4.

Food Final

When people consider the role of a VA patient advocate, discussion often centers around what these individuals can and cannot do to assist Veterans.

Eastern Colorado patient advocates Beatrice Harris (left) and Jackie Klee.

Veteran suicide continues to elicit nationwide concern. According to VA’s 2022 National Veteran Suicide Prevention Annual Report, 71% of Veterans who commit suicide use a firearm.

Three perspectives of safe gun storage project, one revealing hidden storage.