Stories
Read about what's happening in our VA Puget Sound health care community.
In 2015, the shocking statistic of 22 Veteran suicides each day was cited across the nation. And Veterans continue to be at higher risk for suicide compared to the general population.

Boy Scouts of America Troop 647 (Mercer Island) were onsite at VA Puget Sound Health Care System’s Seattle Campus July 29, creating a computer resource center for Veterans and their families to use while they are visiting the facility.

For the fourth year in a row, VA Puget Sound Health Care System received the American Heart Association Association’s Get With The Guidelines® - Stroke Gold Plus and Target: Type 2 Diabetes Honor Roll quality achievement awards.

VA Puget Sound’s Women’s Health Program is the largest in the VA’s Northwest Health Network, with approximately 17,500 women enrolled for care.

With a 75-year history of cutting-edge academic partnerships, VA Puget Sound Health Care System’s five-year Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education accreditation for its new Post Baccalaureate Registered Nursing Residency Program comes as no surprise.

Tom Mano was a 22-year-old college student at the University of Washington when his life changed forever.

VA Puget Sound Health Care System is promoting healthy relationships during Domestic Violence Awareness Month as part of the national call to action to prevent and eliminate sexual harassment, sexual assault, and domestic and intimate partner violence.

VA Puget Sound Health Care System will hold a Women Veteran Town Hall September 14, 2022, from 5:30 to 7 p.m.

VA Puget Sound Health Care System will hold a grand opening ceremony (includes tours) for our new Everett Clinic August 30 from 10 to 11 a.m.

SEATTLE (July 29, 2022)—VA Puget Sound Health Care System is hitting the road again with its Mobile Medical Unit with a dedicated weekly visit to Chehalis Veterans Museum beginning August 3, 2022. Care is by appointment only (no drop-in availability).

