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

  • George E. Wahlen was awarded the Medal of Honor by President Harry S. Truman for his heroic actions on Iwo Jima in World War II.

    Man and woman holding awards in front of flags.

  • Air Force Veteran Dean Hazen walked into the Pocatello VA Clinic for his normal appointment, but this time, a recumbent trike sitting in the lobby was a part of the team greeting him.

    Cyclists in adaptive bikes gather in a parking lot, with spectators and flags.

  • For 40 years, four Utah hospitals have done something unusual in health care: they have worked together.

    Woman standing at podium with microphone, addressing audience. Large screen behind her reads "Thank you for being part of 40 years".

  • What happens when a disaster strikes in the middle of an operation?

    Medical staff assisting a simulated patient in blue gown down hospital stairs.

  • Just a few years ago, Air Force Veterans Danny Taylor and Darryl Root battled very different health issues, but they found help in the same program at VA Salt Lake City Health Care System (VASLCHCS)

    Group of people in wheelchairs and standing, wearing pink shirts, pose on a brick plaza.

  • The VA Salt Lake City Health Care System (VASLCHCS) broke ground on a new primary care clinic Wednesday, July 8, at 3711 S. State St., the first step in a project that will move primary care out of the main hospital and into a facility built specifically for it.

    Group of people in formal wear and hard hats breaking ground with shovels.

  • Content Warning: suicide. If you or someone you know is in crisis, call the national suicide hotline at 988. Press option 1 if you are a Veteran.

    PTSD Awareness Day is June 27

  • 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.