The Phoenix VA Health Care System comprised of the Carl T. Hayden VA Medical Center in Phoenix and six community clinics, is announcing the ribbon cutting ceremony for the official opening of the Globe VA Health Care Clinic.
The ribbon cutting will take place on Wednesday, May 14th, 2008 at 11 a.m. at the new clinic located at 5680 South Hospital Drive, Suite 111 in Globe.
Veterans Integrated Service Network (VISN) 18 Director Susan Bowers and Phoenix VA Health Care System Director Donald Moore will cut the ribbon along with other invited guests.
The clinic will serve veterans in the Globe-Miami area.
"This opening allows us to serve these veterans in a wonderful new setting that truly enhances our environment of care," said Phoenix VA Health Care System Center Director Donald Moore.
"VA Health Care has been rated as some of the best health care in the country," said VISN 18 Network Director Susan Bowers. "We are grateful that this new clinic will allow us to better serve smaller communities, like Globe and Miami, with improved access to that care," she added.
Bowers has VA medical center jurisdiction over seven different VA facilities in three states and multiple counties.
Moore is the director of the Phoenix VA Health Care System which encompasses all of Maricopa County, which has the largest penetration of veterans in the state of Arizona.
VA will share some medical services, via contract with Cobre Valley Community Hospital. The Globe VA Health Care Clinic currently has 424 patients at the new clinic. There are 1,031 registered for VA health care in the Globe-Miami area.