Veterans Affairs Medical Ctr

Details

Name :

Veterans Affairs Medical Ctr

Address  :

830 Chalkstone Avenue

Town  :

Providence

State  :

Rhode Island

Country  :

USA

Post Code:

02908

Phone  :

401 273 7100

Web URL  :


Description

About Us
The Providence VA Medical Center is dedicated to providing high quality comprehensive outpatient and inpatient health care to Veterans residing in Rhode Island and southeastern Massachusetts Each veteran who comes to the Medical Center for care is assured personalized care by a team of health care providers A Primary Care Provider coordinates each patients medical care patient education needs and referrals to any of the medical centers 32 subspecialty clinics The Medical Centers Ambulatory Care Program is supported by a general medical surgical and psychiatric inpatient facility fullyaccredited by the Joint Commission The medical center delivers a broad range of services in medicine surgery and behavioral sciences and is currently operating 73 beds Veterans can also avail themselves of primary care and some specialty services at the VA CommunityBased Outpatient Clinics CBOC in New Bedford MA Hyannis MA and in Middletown RI
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