Stories | VA Hines Health Care

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.

Social worker providing virtual caregiver creative arts workshop

More than 170 Chicago-area women Veterans came together for a special retreat organized by the Department of Veterans Affairs on Sept. 8 at Chicago’s Malcolm X College.

Military Veterans participate in art therapy activities during a Women Veteran Retreat at Chicago’s Malcolm X College on Sept. 8.

Robert Smith is a former Marine Corps scout sniper trying to relearn his entire way of life—today’s lesson, crossing the street by himself.

Marine Corps Veteran Robert Smith attends mobility lessons at Edward Hines Jr. VA Hospital's Central Blind Rehabilitation Center on July 13. The center is VA's first and is celebrating its 75th anniversary in July 2023. (VA photo by Matthew Moeller, Edward Hines Jr. VA Hospital public affairs)

It’s a little garden that’s growing into a new lifeline for area Veterans.

La Salle VA Clinic Community Based Outpatient Staff plant, water, and harvest a 500-square foot vegetable patch for food-insecure Veterans who receive treatment at the Peru, Illinois clinic.