$220M OK'd For Orlando Veterans Hospital
Money Part Of Massive Spending Bill
POSTED: 12:47 pm EDT August 1, 2008
WASHINGTON -- The U.S. House has approved $220 million in funding for the first veterans hospital to be built in Central Florida.
The money was part of a massive spending bill that will pay for various military construction and Veterans Administration projects. The House overwhelming passed the bill, 407-4, on Friday morning after spending hours late Thursday night debating numerous amendments to the measure, Local 6 News partner Florida Today reported.
The new facility will be built in the Orlando community of Lake Nona. Orlando is the largest metropolitan area in the country without a veterans hospital.
The new VA hospital will provide relief to more than 75,000 veterans living in Brevard County since the closest in-patient care facility is more than a two-hour drive away.
http://www.local6.com/health/17063565/detail.html
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