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The Wilmington VA Medical Center and our VA Clinics in Delaware and southern NJ have changed from a four-digit extension to a five-digit extension. When dialing an extension it now requires a "3" to be dialed in front of the 4-digit ext.

When calling, dial: 1-800-461-8262 then your EXT 3-XXXX

News releases

For more information about Wilmington health care, contact our Public Affairs Office at 302-994-2511, ext. 35389. You can also visit us online, like us on Facebook, or follow us on Twitter. 

January 27, 2021

Wilmington Veterans Affairs Medical Center (VAMC) is scheduled to conduct a Veteran COVID-19 vaccination event at the Cape May County Community Based Outpatient Clinic (CBOC) at County Commons in Rio Grande on Jan. 30 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

January 27, 2021

Wilmington Veterans Affairs Medical Center (VAMC) is scheduled to conduct a Veteran COVID-19 vaccination event at the site of the soon-to-be opened Kent County Community Based Outpatient Clinic (CBOC) located at the old Blue Hen Mall in Dover on Jan. 31 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

January 27, 2021

Wilmington Veterans Affairs Medical Center (VAMC) is scheduled to conduct a Veteran COVID-19 vaccination event at the site of the soon-to-be opened Kent County Community Based Outpatient Clinic (CBOC) located at the old Blue Hen Mall in Dover on Jan. 31 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

December 29, 2020

Wilmington Veterans Affairs Medical Center is scheduled to expand COVID-19 vaccinations with the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine at its Community Based Outpatient Clinics in Kent and Sussex counties in Delaware and Atlantic, Cape May and Cumberland counties in New Jersey beginning Dec. 30.

December 21, 2020

Wilmington Veterans Affairs Medical Center will begin COVID-19 vaccination with the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine Tuesday, Dec. 22 following the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s Emergency Use Authorization for this vaccine.

August 20, 2020

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) announced today it will award 425 grants to community organizations across the country totaling approximately $279 million under the Grant Per Diem (GPD) program.

August 13, 2020

In order to provide America’s Veterans with resources and tools for improved mental health, Wilmington Veterans Affairs Medical Center mental health professionals will be participating in the 2020 Military & Veterans Mental Health Summit Monday, August 31 – Friday, September 4.

July 08, 2020

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) recently announced that video telehealth appointments to Veterans’ homes increased over 1,000%, as Veterans increasingly chose virtual care through VA Video Connect during the Covid-19 pandemic.

May 18, 2020

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs will be deploying 50 VA nurses from around the country to support five New Jersey nursing homes battling COVID-19.

May 05, 2020

Jeffery Steidler, Chief of Police for Wilmington Veterans Affairs Medical Center, received the Police Chief of the Year Award from the U.S. VA Office of Security and Law Enforcement.