Kayenta VA Clinic Now Providing 5-Day-A-Week Primary Care Services
The Northern Arizona VA Health Care System is officially providing face-to-face primary care services at its rural health clinic located in Kayenta.
To celebrate the significant expansion of services, the Northern Arizona VA hosted a ribbon cutting ceremony at the clinic located inside the Kayenta Health Center on Wednesday, March 20. Leadership representatives from the Veterans Health Administration, Indian Health Service and Navajo Nation all spoke during the event to acknowledge the accomplishment.
“This is another huge step in making good on our obligation to serve our Native Veterans as well as they’ve served us and our country,” said Steve Sample, Northern Arizona VA Medical Center Director.
The Kayenta VA Clinic is the second of four Northern Arizona VA rural health clinics to see this expansion of healthcare services. The first expansion took place at its Chinle clinic on January 22, and further expansions are planned for its clinics in Polacca and Tuba City later this year.
Navajo Nation Veterans Administration Director Bobbie Ann Baldwin spoke to how significant this expansion of health care services is for the Veterans living in highly rural areas such as Kayenta.
“This is what many of our Veterans are in need of,” Baldwin said. “I remember hearing my dad speak about the services that he wished were nearby instead of having to drive 6, 7 or 8 hours away to get an examination. Now we have this opportunity where these services are at our front door.”