{"id":68449,"date":"2023-12-17T20:30:00","date_gmt":"2023-12-17T21:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=68449"},"modified":"2023-12-17T22:15:37","modified_gmt":"2023-12-17T22:15:37","slug":"bedford-vas-women-veterans-health-clinic-expands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=68449","title":{"rendered":"Bedford VA\u2019s Women Veterans\u2019 health clinic expands"},"content":{"rendered":"

The sounds of renovation carry a hopeful tune at Bedford VA<\/a>, where work will soon begin on a $15 million renovation, ushering in a new era of care for women Veterans.<\/p>\n

Women are the fastest growing demographic at Bedford VA, and now comprise nearly 1500 patients served. With increasing demand, hospital leaders recognized infrastructure needed upgrading to meet sensitive needs.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are grateful to have won the contract to renovate this space for Bedford VA\u2019s women Veterans clinic,\u201d said Mark Voner, CEO of Veterans Development Corporation and a Veteran. For Voner, giving back touches close to home as he relies on VA for his own care.<\/p>\n

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Reviewing plans for clinic expansion<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ll offer more services than ever in a safe, welcoming space,\u201d said Women Veterans Program Manager Cheryl Coviello. \u201cOur staff and women Veterans are excited for this win-win. It\u2019s been a long time coming.\u201d<\/p>\n

Renovation will add much needed space for female Veterans<\/h2>\n

The redesign adds privacy, more exam rooms, upgraded clinical equipment, and dedicated space to host group counseling supporting mental health. \u201cThis whole building renovation will add much needed space for our female Veterans,\u201d said Charmaine Brooks, lead engineer. \u201cI am thankful to be leading this important project.\u201d<\/p>\n

For Army Veteran Leanna Lynch, news of the expansion brought relief. As a member of the Massachusetts Governor\u2019s Women Veterans Advisory Council, she hears concerns from fellow women Veterans needing access to quality care. \u201cWomen Veterans have a set of unique needs. Safety and privacy are very important to us,\u201d Lynch said. \u201cOver the moon about the clinic expansion for so many reasons. Most exciting is the expanded services and space that is safe and private.\u201d<\/p>\n

The project, expected to finish in spring 2025 after a year and a half of intense renovation, promises to transform access at the growing campus. It helps Bedford VA deliver the full spectrum of primary, specialty and gender-specific care women Veterans earned through their military service and sacrifice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The sounds of renovation carry a hopeful tune at Bedford VA, where work will soon begin on a $15 million renovation, ushering in a new era of care for women Veterans. Women are the fastest growing demographic at Bedford VA, and now comprise nearly 1500 patients served. With increasing demand, hospital leaders recognized infrastructure needed […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":68451,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-68449","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-health","category-women-veterans"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68449","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=68449"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68449\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":68457,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68449\/revisions\/68457"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/68451"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=68449"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=68449"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=68449"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}