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  • Employees and Veterans at the Carl T. Hayden VA Medical Center participated in the 13th annual VA2K walk that started at the medical center and went to a midway point in Steele Indian School Park and back, May 17.

    Employees get to the halfway point of the VA2K

  • Some folks have lived a life so large it’s difficult to encapsulate their story in an article. One such person is Father Igwenwanne Fidelis. He’s a hospital chaplain here in the Phoenix Veterans Affairs Health Care System (PVAHCS). He’s also from Nigeria.

    A photo of Fidelis Igwenwanne is a chaplain at the Phoenix Veterans Affairs Health Care System

  • Phoenix Veterans Affairs Health Care System provided services to Veterans at the Drop Zone event hosted by Rep. Andy Biggs, 5th district, at the American Leadership Academy & Applied Technologies campus in Mesa, Arizona, May 13.

    Denise Willard, Phoenix Veterans Affairs Health Care System Toxic Exposure Screening navigator, assists Veterans with their TES survey.

  • Nothing is more painful than being separated from loved ones, especially in a hard situation. For many homeless Veterans looking for rehousing, that is a reality they face, being separated from their animals—their loved ones.

    Thomas Northey and Emma

  • The Phoenix VA Carl T. Hayden Medical Center received a new piece of equipment during a ribbon cutting ceremony May 3, that will drastically improve care for Veterans.

    Phoenix VA receives new biplane imaging at ribbon cutting

  • The Phoenix Veterans Affairs Health Care System (PVAHCS) hosted its 4th Annual Care Giver Summit at the 32nd Street outpatient clinic, May 10.

    Health Care Summit

  • Employees at the Phoenix Veterans Affairs Health Care System took part in Denim Day at the Carl T. Hayden Medical Center and its community-based outpatient clinics throughout the area, April 26.

    Denim Day participants

  • Nurses don’t often look forward to completing their mandatory annual competencies, but the nurses at the Carl T. Hayden VA Medical Center have developed a reason to get excited for theirs every year for the past three years now.

    Nurses complete skills evaluations

  • As of April 3, American Indians and Alaska Native Veterans living in Phoenix and surrounding areas will not be required to make copayments for either urgent care or health care provided by the VA.

    Copay waivers for American Indian and Alaska Native Veterans

  • The Phoenix 32nd Street Veterans Affairs Clinic hosted its 6th annual Veggies for Veterans April 5, a program that gives vegetables to Veteran patients and Veteran employees.

    Veteran receives bag of vegetables.