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"I could put on a dress shoe and was able to dance with my wife"
More people are dying from opioid overdoses than car accidents. Veterans Health Administration is committed to reducing overdose deaths. One way to accomplish this is through expanding access to the life-saving medication naloxone (also known as Narcan®).
That’s when I first heard the phrase that would come to define so much of what I do: “my Veterans.” Nurses said it with such love, such a sense of belonging and responsibility. Those words weren’t just a phrase—they were a promise, a bond.
She was born in Mexico, where she lived until she was 15-years-old. As a teenager, moving to America was hard and the first few years she hated it. However, she soon realized that coming to America was the best thing that happened to her, except for joining the military.
Ope! Come show off your Minnesota nice and make a difference by volunteering at the 44th annual National Veterans Wheelchair Games.
The VA is proud to recognize Char Psihos as our Volunteer of the Month!
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary Doug Collins, visited the Minneapolis VA Medical Center on Tuesday, May 13.
“I rarely use the word hate, but I hate cancer war metaphors. Fighting cancer. A long battle with cancer,” reads Tony Tovsen from notes he has taken on a phone. Capturing thoughts about his cancer journey is something he calls ‘clearing the junk out of his head.’
"I am thankful for all of the staff that work with Veterans like me.”
Over the past five years, the Minneapolis VA Medical Center has expanded its care for Veterans with Parkinson’s Disease and other movement disorders with the Parkinson’s Disease and Movement Disorders Program, and the implementation of a successful Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) program.