Stories
Read about what's happening in our VA Salem health care community.
In July the service received the first of three Tennant T380 AMR Autonomous floor scrubbing machines.
Ninety wheelchairs were donated to the Salem VA Medical Center August 15 by representatives from the Salem Council 10015 Knights of Columbus.
Two doctors in the Salem VA Healthcare System began their journeys into medicine from very different starting points, but each believe their day is made all the better for being able to spend it with family.
On June 6 the Salem Women’s Health Clinic officially became the MSG Silverine Vinyard James Women’s Health Clinic, with the woman for whom it was named in attendance.
During the Korean War Marvin Daniel was a rifleman in the Army. Now, with the war 70 years in the past, the man who earned two Bronze Stars still deals with the mental and emotional fallout of his service – partially through hitting things with sticks.
A paper published in the journal, Advances in Wound Care in October, highlights an ongoing study into diabetic wound care championed by VA providers such as Dr. Aliza Lee, at the Salem VA Health Care System in Virginia, working with Dr. Matthew Garoufalis from the Jessie Brown VAMC in Chicago, Ill.
More than three dozen homeless Veterans made their way to the Salem Civic Center Nov. 9 to take part in Stand Down for Homeless Veterans, a program run through the combined efforts of the Salem VA Health Care System, Department of Labor, Total Action for Progress, and the Virginia Employment Commission.
An off-duty VA police officer was in the right place at the right time Oct. 23, and used his training to save the life of an elderly motorist.
Some people have long military careers without ever being in the line of fire. John Lavra cannot make such a claim. Lavra enlisted in the Navy June 6, 1944 as a combat aircrewman, and called to active duty two days later. He went on to see service in World War II, Korea, and Vietnam.
A new Renal Dialysis unit has recently opened to serve the Veterans of Southwest Virginia who receive care through the Salem VA Health Care System.
