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A 16-billion dollar appropriation was signed by the President last month to fix the Veterans Administration’s primary care system. In the last part of our…
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The VA clinic in Kona is a chronic disease management facility. In the next installment in our series, “Through the eyes of Kona Veterans,” HPR’s Wayne…
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More than 19 million gallons of Agent Orange, a powerful chemical defoliant, was sprayed in Vietnam from 1961 to 1972. In our continuing series, “Through…
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The Kona VA Clinic serves between 15 and 16 hundred veterans each year in West Hawai’i. The staff consists of one doctor and 20 specialists and support…
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More than 7,200 veterans live in West Hawaii, a geographic area larger than O’ahu, Kaua’i, Moloka’i and Lana’i combined. In the first of a series,”Through…
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The Veterans Affairs director in Hawai’i wants to assure veterans and the public that he is working hard to provide better access to primary care. But as…
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U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs data released today indicates Hawai’i veterans have the longest waiting period from the time they apply for health…