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Read about what's happening in our VA Salt Lake City health care community.

  • VA Salt Lake City Health Care System (VASLCHCS) started treating patients in the new 22-bed emergency department on Wednesday, May 20th.

    Map of George E. Wahlen VA Medical Center campus with main entrance, parking garage, and buildings. Legend indicates areas like emergency rooms and parking.

  • While serving his country as an Army paratrooper in the 90s, a soldier became a survivor after experiencing Military Sexual Trauma.

    Multiple t-shirts with various messages hang on a clothesline indoors.

  • Shelley Granger kept more than busy with the daily tasks as VA Salt Lake City Health Care System’s (VASLCHCS) Transfer Nurse Coordinator and when she was asked to help coordinate a blood drive, she did not hesitate to jump in and help

    Woman in red polo shirt with bandage on arm smiling at camera.

  • Sunlight spilled across the fresh frontage at 2767 Mountain City Highway, where a new chapter in Veteran care opened in Elko.

    Woman at podium with microphone in front of Elko VA Clinic sign.

  • “If you’re able, please rise for a fallen Veteran.”

    Rows of white tombstones in a cemetery with one bearing an American flag.

  • An army of hundreds of volunteers hit the streets of Salt Lake and surrounding counties at 4:00 a.m.-- among that army nearly 50 VA Salt Lake City Health Care System staff, who volunteered for the early morning duty.

    Two people in winter coats examine an item in the back of a car.

  • State and local leaders joined court officials on January 5 to mark the inauguration of a new Veterans Court in Utah’s Second Judicial District.

    Spencer J. Cox addresses the court room and the inauguration ceremony for the Utah Second District Court's Veterans Court

  • Tables in the multi-purpose center at the George E. Wahlen VA Medical Center campus held stacks of winter coats, toys and all kinds of gifts for the holiday season.

    tables with gifts fill the room. Veterans and Volunteers browse through the selection of free gifts.

  • Across the Wasatch Front, volunteers started their day at three locations of the VA Salt Lake City Health Care System (VASLCHCS) to hand out free meals at the 6th annual Drive Out Hunger event, giving Veterans a Thanksgiving dinner they may not have been able to afford.

    People stand by hundereds of meal kits in red bags, prepared to hand out at the Ken Garff Automotive Drive Out Hunger event

  • The Utah State Capitol was filled with gratitude and admiration as the state of Utah and the VA Salt Lake City Health Care System (VASLCHCS) joined together to honor a remarkable group of 25 Utah Veterans who are approaching or have already hit a significant milestone: turning 100 years old.

    A groupf of 100-year-old Veterans sit in front of service flags after being honored by the state of Utah.