VA Secretary to Participate in Groundbreaking for New Orlando VA Medical Center
VA Secretary to Participate in Groundbreaking for New Orlando VA Medical Center
Secretary Peake to Join Representative Feeney for media availability
What: VA Secretary Dr. James B. Peake, Representative Tom Feeney
and other Florida officials will break ground at the site of the New
Orlando VA Medical Center. Other officials in attendance include
Governor Charlie Crist, Senator Mel Martinez, Senator Bill Nelson,
Congressional Representatives, Corrine Brown, John Mica,
Ric Keller, Dave Weldon, and Orange County Mayor Richard Crotty
and Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer.
Who: Secretary of Veterans Affairs Dr. James B. Peake
and Rep. Tom Feeney
When: Friday, October 24th
10:00 a.m. - Ground breaking ceremony begins
11:30 a.m. - General Media availability
Where: Site of the new Orlando VA Medical Center
13800 Veterans Way
Orlando, FL 32827
Background:
The new Orlando VA Medical Center will serve nearly 400,000 veterans
as a 134-bed hospital, 118-bed nursing home, 60-bed domiciliary, large
outpatient clinic with support services. The new facility will make it
easier for east-central Florida veterans to access VA's world-class medical
care and relieve the burden of traveling long distances for their inpatient care.
The Orlando VAMC will be across the street from the University of Central
Floridaâs College of Medicine and Health Sciences campus, along with the
Burnham Institute of Research and the Nemours Childrenâs Hospital, creating
a "medical city" in southeast Orlando.
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