Martinsburg VA Medical Center

Name :

Martinsburg VA Medical Center

Address  :

510 Butler Avenue

Town  :

Martinsburg

State  :

West Virginia

Country  :

USA

Post Code:

25405

Phone  :

304 263 0811

Fax  :

304 262 7433

Web URL  :


Description

Located in the heart of West Virginias Eastern Panhandle the Martinsburg Veterans Affairs Medical Center VAMC can be found on 175 acres in historic Berkeley County and has a service area of more than 126000 veterans in West Virginia Maryland Virginia and Pennsylvania The Medical Center part of the VA Capitol Health Care Network VISN 5 offers a comprehensive range of services including internal medicine ambulatory surgery audiology and speech pathology dental nursing home nutrition podiatry prosthetics womens health mental health and rehabilitation medicine Patient care is provided through an integrated primary care concept and each veteran is assigned to a team of health care providers that follows the patients care both as an inpatient and an outpatient It is the mission of the Medical Center to honor Americas veterans by providing exceptional health care that improves their health and wellbeing The employees of the Martinsburg VAMC are dedicated to improving the quality of life for eligible veterans through excellent health care

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