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San Diego Veterans Can Speak Up About VA Healthcare At Town Hall Meeting Thursday

San Diego Veterans Can Speak Up About VA Healthcare At Town Hall Meeting Thursday
San Diego Veterans Can Speak Up About VA Healthcare At Town Hall Meeting Thursday
GUEST:Dr. Robert Smith, chief of staff and medical director, VA San Diego Medical Center

Town Hall Meetings

The VA is holding town hall meetings this week to hear directly from veterans on how to improve services.

Thursday, Sept. 15 at 5 p.m. at the VA Medical Center, 3350 La Jolla Village Drive, San Diego, 92161

The Veterans Administration is working to recover from scandals that rocked the VA health care system earlier this year.

Investigations found that in some VA hospitals and health clinics a number of veterans were dying during lengthy wait-times for appointments, while some hospitals themselves were falsifying records to hide appointment backlogs.

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The VA San Diego Healthcare system wasn't caught up in that scandal, but San Diego is the focal point this week for discussions about improving the VA.

On Monday, new Veterans Administration Secretary Robert McDonald was in town to address a conference of state VA directors, and while he was here he toured San Diego's VA healthcare system.

Meanwhile, the VA in San Diego is holding town hall meetings this week, to hear directly from veterans on how to improve services.