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Arkansas VA Medical Centers Deploy 4th Mission, Accommodating COVID-19 Civilian Patients

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Flags fly leading to the entrance of the Veterans Health Care System of the Ozarks Medical Center in Fayetteville.

Arkansas's two VA medical centers are pitching in during the COVID-19 Delta variant surge by taking in stricken civilians during our national emergency, as part of a "4th Mission."  Veterans Health Care System of the Ozarks Acting Medical Center Director, Stephanie Repasky, Psy.D, and Dr. James Hines, Acting Chief of Staff, describe the mission's recent deployment.

 

Jacqueline Froelich is an investigative reporter and news producer for Ozarks at Large.
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