PROVIDENCE – The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has approved $6.9 million to build new surgical facilities at the Providence VA Medical Center, according to U.S. Rep. Patrick J. Kennedy.
The money is part of a $397 million supplemental appropriation – above the amount requested by President George W. Bush for minor VA construction projects – that Congress included in the final 2008 Appropriations Bill signed into law by Bush in December.
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“These projects are an important part of our plan to ensure the long-term future of the Providence VA as a national leader in serving America’s veterans,” Kennedy said in a statement this week. They “are going to make a positive difference for veterans all across the nation.”
The VA Medical Center Providence, on Chalkstone Avenue, is the center of a network serving veterans from Rhode Island and Southeastern Massachusetts through the Chalkstone Avenue medical center and outpatient clinics in Middletown, R.I., and New Bedford, Martha’s Vineyard and Hyannis, Mass.
“This is great news for Rhode Island veterans, and for all of us who have fought so hard together to protect and expand services for our country’s veterans,” Kennedy said, adding: “I look forward to continuing to work closely with VA officials on the future of the renovation work to the emergency room at the Providence VA hospital.”
For more information about the VAMC Providence, a division of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs’ VA New England Healthcare System, visit www.providence.va.gov.
