Lynchburg's VA clinic to open soon
The long-awaited opening of a Lynchburg Veterans Affairs clinic is approaching. Patient-care services at Lynchburg's Community Based Outpatient Clinic will begin Sept. 2 and will make obtaining basic care easier for veterans who now travel to facilities in Salem or Richmond.
The primary-care clinic will be a medical site for an estimated 6,300 of central Virginia's 14,000 veterans. The clinic, which also will offer general mental-health services, will be staffed and managed by the VA in Salem, which also will be the site for specialty referrals.
The 9,700-square-foot building across from Lynchburg College began taking shape with a groundbreaking in the fall. Landscaping crews have begun greening the area in recent weeks.
The clinic is open to enrolled veterans living in Lynchburg or Amherst, Appomattox, Bedford or Campbell counties.
At the November groundbreaking, Rep. Robert W. Goodlatte, R-6th, said Lynchburg was one of the largest cities in the United States not to have a Community Based Outpatient Clinic or a VA medical center in an adjoining city.
A ribbon-cutting ceremony is scheduled for 10:30 a.m. Sept. 29.
For more information on registering for the clinic, call (540) 982-2463 or visit www.va.gov or www.salem.va.gov.
Sunday, August 24, 2008
Lynchburg's VA clinic to open soon
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