Stories | VA Hines Health Care

On March 28 representatives from the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) District 7 office and Local 781, Edward Hines Jr VA Hospital’s employee union, hosted a spring community event for Veterans and their families living at Freedom's Path.

Freedom’s Path resident Sandra Witt joins her daughter Teresa for an Easter Egg Hunt.

The phrase, ‘I’ll sleep when I’m dead,’ could bear grim consequences when it comes to one’s overall health, especially for America’s Veterans.

Jason Torres holds a tool used in sleep studies to monitor Veterans' brain activity, teeth grinding, eye movements, snoring, and breathing patterns.

Edward Hines Jr. VA Hospital supervisors from more than 60 services shared their bucket list goals with a game of shooting basketball hoops as part of the inaugural Hines VA Servant Leadership Supervisor Summit hosted at the Cuomo Center on the Loyola University Medical campus on Feb. 12

Edward Hines Jr. VA Hospital supervisors participate in the 'Bucket List Buckets' activityt where they shared their bucket list goals.

Department of Veterans Affairs Deputy Secretary Tanya J. Bradsher toured Edward Hines Jr. VA Hospital on February 5, 2024.

The American College of Surgeons’ Commission on Cancer recognized Edward Hines Jr. VA Hospital for its demonstrated commitment to American Veterans requiring surgical cancer care.

Surgical cancer team poses with the Diamond Award.

Approximately 80% of Veterans are overweight or obese, according to the Department of Veterans Affairs. Donald Logan was one of them.

U.S. Army Veteran Donald Logan showcases his weight loss.

One Hines VA Veteran is using his recovery story to help others in need.

Richard Meegan teaches a class of Veterans on Whole Health

Edward Hines Jr. VA Hospital’s Prosthetic and Orthotic Lab (O&P) makes the impossible possible, just ask James Richie.

What was a hobby soon became an obsession for one employee at Edward Hines Jr. VA Hospital’s Aurora Community Based Outpatient Clinic.

Aurora CBOC security guard Kris Lohmar holds a bulletin board with her photos of service dogs.

It might be a simple brushstroke to some, a fleeting touch of paint to canvas, but within the halls of Edward Hines Jr. VA Hospital, Natalie Ho perceives it as a connection, a lifeline.