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

  • The Ernest Childers VA Outpatient Clinic, located at 8921 South Mingo Road in Tulsa, will hold a Hiring Fair on Oct. 20 from 5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. in the Main Lobby.

    Hiring graphic

  • On Sept. 28, the new Endoscopy Suite at the Ernest Childers VA Outpatient Clinic began seeing patients with Army Veteran Brian Jackson being the first.

    VA staff pose for a photo with a Veteran

  • The Jack C. Montgomery VA Medical Center in Muskogee and Ernest Childers VA Outpatient Clinic in Tulsa are now giving flu shots to enrolled Veterans.

    Nurse giving a flu shot

  • On Sept. 28, Mark Morgan, director, Eastern Oklahoma VA Health Care System, presented a VA challenge coin to Tulsa Police Officer Demita Kinnard in recognition of her assistance to the VA Suicide Prevention Program.

    VA Director presents a challenge coin to Tulsa Police Officer.

  • The Eastern Oklahoma VA Health Care System Suicide Prevention Program is hosting a free resource fair for Veterans, service-members, family members and supporters.

    Corn Hole

  • The Eastern Oklahoma VA Health Care System will host a Telephone Town Hall with women Veterans on Sept. 28 at 6:30 p.m. to discuss VA services and the new Ernest Childers VA Outpatient Clinic in Tulsa.

    Women Veteran Town Hall graphic

  • The Eastern Oklahoma VA Health Care System will host a Telephone Town Hall to engage with Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF), Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) & Operation New Dawn (OND) Veterans on Sept. 20 at 6:30 p.m.

    service members return home

  • In 1958, 17 year-old Tom Cotton deployed to Korea with the U.S. Army's 13th Engineering Combat Battalion. The battalion's primary mission was finding mines left over from the Korean War and destroying them.

    Veteran skydiving

  • The Eastern Oklahoma VA Health Care System invites Veteran caregivers to attend upcoming resource fairs in Tulsa and Muskogee.

    Couple embraces

  • Since receiving COVID-19 vaccination in December 2020, the Eastern Oklahoma VA Health Care System has administered 29,785 COVID-19 vaccine shots to Veterans. A total of 15,002 Veterans are fully vaccinated which amounts to 43.51%.

    COVID-19 vaccine