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"I don't use the word life-changing very often, but this device has opened up areas in my life that were completely closed. I can walk again, I can hug my loved one’s heart-to-heart, and it really has enhanced my day-to-day life."
“It’s the right thing to do. If it’s going to help one person, it’s worth it. It’s worth my time, it’s worth everything.”
It’s never too late for Veterans to enjoy the benefits of quitting smokeless tobacco, like better health and a brighter smile. VA treatment and resources can help.
"I am grateful for my whole life, my parents, aunts, uncles, God, all my friends, and I would do it all over again."
Here we are — another year. Another chance to decide what really matters in your life!
More than 150 people squished into a conference room or joined virtually for Dr. Michael D. Levitt’s final Grand Rounds: “A Career in Review and Celebration” at the Minneapolis VA on Dec. 1, 2023.
When you stop smoking, you feel the benefits almost immediately, no matter how long you’ve smoked.
“We have this great privilege to be able to educate our future and really shape who they become as providers and role model the importance of the highest quality of care…where we ensure the very highest quality and maintain patient safety for our Veterans,” said Joanne Donnelly.
Minneapolis VA is leading the way in stroke care for Veterans. It is the first Veteran’s hospital to provide state-of-the-art stroke care on two major fronts: 1.) Stroke reversing using the clot busting medication Tenecteplase and 2.) Providing TeleStroke care via the VA National TeleStroke Program.
"My first step was one inch. It was one step to one more step."