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After serving as a U.S. Air Force Firefighter from 1982 to 1986, Veteran Lloyd J. Wallace dedicated himself to a new mission as a civilian U.S. Army Safety and Occupational Health Manager with the Recovered Chemical Material Directorate.
On October 25, the Wilmington VA Medical Center held a ribbon cutting for its new radiology suite at the Kent County VA Clinic, located at Blue Hen Mall Plaza at 655 South Bay Rd, Suite 3C, in Dover, Delaware.
The Wilmington VA Medical Center’s Geriatrics and Extended Care brings Home Based Primary Care program services to nearly 200 Veterans right in the comfort of their own home.
On World Suicide Prevention Day Ms. Margaret Kabat, Chief of Staff for the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs stood in a room filled with suicide prevention community partners for Delaware’s Mental Health Association’s Mental Health Summit, Sept. 10, 2024 at Riverfront Events in Wilmington, Del.
Shortly after a visit or inpatient stay to one of Wilmington VA’s clinics or medical center, Veterans may receive a survey that asks them about their visit. Wilmington VA relies on this feedback from its Veterans to continue to evolve the way it provides care.
“Pain can be acute and sudden, or it can be quite the opposite,” said Wilmington VA Acupuncturist Celia Hildebrand as she explains the Wilmington VA’s first ever acupuncture program for pain management.
NEW CASTLE, Del. — Since 2019, the Wilmington VA Medical Center has buzzed with plans to open a new state-of-the-art dialysis suite to provide expanded services for its Veterans.
Service leaders from all over the Delaware and southern New Jersey gathered to provide resources for almost 170 Veterans at the Southern New Jersey Regional Stand Down in the All-Wars Memorial in Atlantic City, May 22, 2024.
“The best part of audiology is when you witness a person being able to hear for the first time in years,” said Tiley. “A lot of Veterans do not know hearing aids are free too, if they qualify.”
“My entire career has been one great story,” said Wilmington VA Medical Center volunteer and U.S. Air Force Veteran, Cathleen Rossi-McLaughlin as she answers phone calls in a busy room at the medical center filled with her fellow volunteers.