Stories
Read about what's happening in our VA Spokane health care community.
100-year-old Woman Veteran responds to VA PACT Act health care outreach letter
Mann-Grandstaff VAMC’s PACT Act outreach letters to help Veterans know why it's important to enroll in VA health care - is working! Meet Verona Southern, a US Marine Corps Veteran who is also 100-years old! She received a letter from VA and responded.
Spokane VA receives national award for hospital inpatient experience
VA’s Office of Healthcare Innovation and Learning announced during fiscal year 2022, Spokane’s Mann-Grandstaff VA Medical Center achieved the highest improvement in overall rating of Hospital inpatient experience throughout Veterans Health Administration and its 171 VA medical centers nationwide.
Mentors and teamwork inspire Nurses to thrive at VA
She worked day in and day out, alongside her fellow VA caregivers and health technicians providing bedside care to Veterans in-need during the COVID-19 pandemic. Thankfully, she wasn’t alone.
Woman Navy Veteran cancer survivor honored at hockey game
She fought back tears, like so many times before. Cancer sucks. Only this time, she wasn't afraid of the looks of her shaved head or the "what if's" and uncertainties of a cancer diagnosis.
Reopening of Acute Psychiatric Unit at Spokane VA
Spokane’s Mann-Grandstaff VA Medical Center has reopened its Acute Psychiatric Unit (APU), after a multi-year renovation to the inpatient unit.
America’s Greatest Generation: The WW-II Veterans Among Us! Meet Donald McSparrin, U.S. Army Air Corps
A local World War-II Veteran continues to inspire his family and the dedicated team at Mann-Grandstaff VA Medical Center by crediting VA for his continued health, access to COVID vaccines, and a life-long commitment to service before self. He was an “airman” before the Air Force was even born.
