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Kaleva

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11. VA probably has improved since you left.
Fri Mar 19, 2021, 07:25 AM
Mar 2021

The vaccine rollout has been impressive and i have nothing about good things to say about the VA.

I do know the VA had a very bad reputation in the past. A VA hospital was a place one was sent to die, patients reeked of urine and were poorly cared for.

There have been some major upgrades in recent years to the VA hospital in In Iron Mountain where I go to and my eldest stepson who is a doctor at Mayo did a stint at the VA hospital in Milwaukee for some training while he was in medical school and he said he was impressed.

It's a 4 hour round trip to the VA hospital in iron Mountain and free transportation is provided. If I ever have to go to the bigger VA hospital in Milwaukee,, which is 5 hours away one way, transportation will be provided and it's free. Something one can usaully get in the private sector.

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