Stories

Over 400 Chicago area Veterans attended a joint Veteran Resource Fair hosted by Edward Hines Jr. VA Hospital and Jesse Brown VA Medical Center on October 12 at Governors State University.

For Edward Hines Jr. VA Hospital orthopedic surgeon William Hopkinson, it doesn’t feel like 50 years of Federal service.

The Dr. Kate Hendricks Thomas Supporting Expanded Review for Veterans in Combat Environments Act, otherwise known as the SERVICE Act, expanded breast cancer risk assessment and mammogram screening eligibility for Veterans who may have been exposed to toxic chemicals and other hazards while deployed.

Veterans lined up outside Gen. Richard L. Jones National Guard Armory as early as 5 a.m. on July 12, waiting to get into the Chicago Summer Stand Down.

“You know the secret to living this long?” asked Lawrence “Larry” Szydlowski, as he leaned in, “Don’t be grouchy.”

Grover wakes up, excited to go to work. He greets everyone in the office with a wag of his tail, inspects a few breakfast items and checks if physical therapy has any new balls to steal.

Three Edward Hines Jr. VA Hospital clinicians shared their plan for optimizing fall prevention at the 2024 Veterans Health Administration Patient Safety Symposium held in Orlando, Florida May 21-23.

Bernard “Bernie” Bluestein rarely thought about his time fighting in World War II, not that it mattered. The 100-year-old former Soldier was sworn to secrecy about his true mission for 51 years.

Edward Hines Jr. VA Hospital held a Women Veterans Celebration April 27 at Kankakee Community College to offer resources and promote camaraderie among women Veterans.

Dr. Jennifer Strawn, Veterans Health Administration’s Chief Nursing Officer, toured Edward Hines Jr. VA Hospital on May 7 during Nurses Week, an annual celebration of nurses across the country from May 6 to 12.