VA chief to visit troubled Orlando hospital, lawmaker says

10-24-08 is engraved on the shovel I received at the ground breaking ceremony for this VA hospital. Yep. That long ago. I remember all the speeches given by politicians on both sides. Well it was to be expected since it was a big election year. Here we are in 2012 and as hundreds of thousands of veterans still wait there is more waiting to do. If you need to see a doctor, good luck getting into the VA clinic in Orlando. That parking lot fills up fast!

VA chief to visit troubled Orlando hospital, lawmaker says
posted by Mark Matthews on February, 3 2012 3:12 PM

WASHINGTON — VA Secretary Eric Shinseki told U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown today that he soon would visit Orlando’s incoming VA Medical Center, which is expected to miss its planned October opening because of design and construction problems.

Brown, a Jacksonville Democrat, said Shinseki made that promise during a breakfast meeting in Washington and that they were working to resolve what she called a dispute between the VA and its contractors. No date was given for Shinseki’s visit; officials at the Department of Veterans Affairs did not immediately respond to questions seeking comment or confirmation.

“We need to get it done and get it open,” Brown said.
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