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Read about what's happening in our VA Wilmington health care community.
“Pain can be acute and sudden, or it can be quite the opposite,” said Wilmington VA Acupuncturist Celia Hildebrand as she explains the Wilmington VA’s first ever acupuncture program for pain management.
NEW CASTLE, Del. — Since 2019, the Wilmington VA Medical Center has buzzed with plans to open a new state-of-the-art dialysis suite to provide expanded services for its Veterans.
Service leaders from all over the Delaware and southern New Jersey gathered to provide resources for almost 170 Veterans at the Southern New Jersey Regional Stand Down in the All-Wars Memorial in Atlantic City, May 22, 2024.
![New Jersey Stand Down Supports Homeless Veterans](https://s3-us-gov-west-1.amazonaws.com/content.www.va.gov/img/styles/2_1_medium_thumbnail/public/2024-06/outreach%20event.jpg)
“The best part of audiology is when you witness a person being able to hear for the first time in years,” said Tiley. “A lot of Veterans do not know hearing aids are free too, if they qualify.”
“My entire career has been one great story,” said Wilmington VA Medical Center volunteer and U.S. Air Force Veteran, Cathleen Rossi-McLaughlin as she answers phone calls in a busy room at the medical center filled with her fellow volunteers.
“I was able to tell President Biden of how the Wilmington VA Medical Center has been the center of my praise by literally rebuilding me,” said U.S. Army Veteran Ernest Davis.
![U.S. Army Veteran Ernest Davis during his military service in the 1970s and now.](https://s3-us-gov-west-1.amazonaws.com/content.www.va.gov/img/styles/2_1_medium_thumbnail/public/2024-03/Picture2.jpg)
It was the day after New Years when U.S. Air Force Veteran Scott Eberhard found out he caught COVID-19. When his oxygen levels started dropping, he was told by a friend that he needed to get to the hospital.
WILMINGTON, Del. -- Wilmington VA Medical Center (WVAMC) hosted a ribbon cutting ceremony for the new Da Vinci Robot System and revivification of the Endovascular Suite on Feb. 1, 2024.
When U.S. Coast Guard Veteran Chief Warrant Officer 2 Colin Smith made the choice to retire in 2020, he went through one of the toughest times in his life. With the help of the Wilmington VA Medical Centers Peer Support Program in southern New Jersey, he found hope.
![Five Peer Support Program members stand together for a graduation ceremony.](https://s3-us-gov-west-1.amazonaws.com/content.www.va.gov/img/styles/2_1_medium_thumbnail/public/2024-01/IMG_0287.jpeg)
U.S. Navy Veteran Joseph Hess gives praise to the care he receives at the Cape May County Community Based Outpatient Clinic (CBOC) in Rio Grande, New Jersey.
![Front of Cape May County Clinic](https://s3-us-gov-west-1.amazonaws.com/content.www.va.gov/img/styles/2_1_medium_thumbnail/public/2024-01/CMC%20CBOC.jpg)