Hurricane

VA’s Debt Management Center has suspended collections on debts for those located in the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s declared disaster areas recent hurricanes.

During an emergency, Veterans enrolled in My HealtheVet can access their medication refills, health records and other valuable tools when medical centers and other facilities are inaccessible.

In Puerto Rico where electricity was knocked out by Hurricane Maria, the San Juan VA Medical Center — currently operating on generator power and staffed by 800 employees — is providing health care for 338 inpatients, with primary care and mental health services available for walk-in patients.

If you’re looking for the definition of dedication, James A. Haley Veterans’ Hospital pharmacy technician Tim Myers might be a pretty good example of one.

VA's Office of Connected Care’ quickly implemented telehealth capabilities to assist Veterans at two mega-shelters and four community based outpatient clinics following Hurricane Harvey.

VA staff from the James A. Haley Veterans Hospital in Tampa, Florida, are in the community reaching out to Veterans following Hurricane Irma

During and after Hurricane Harvey made landfall, VBA team members deployed to evacuation shelters in the city and elsewhere. Why? To help connect Veterans with VA benefits.

Where practical, VA will make beds that are not being used by Veterans available to non-Veteran nursing home residents as needed, while ensuring VA continues its primary mission of providing health care to Veterans.

Check out this summary of information and resources available to Veterans who have been impacted by Hurricane Irma.

Work continues, around the clock, to put the city of Beaumont, Texas, back in operation. But, care at the Beaumont VA clinic hasn’t stopped. It's gone mobile.

Mobile Vet Centers are, in many circumstances, the first mobile service out during a disaster or other crisis events.

Due to anticipated severe weather associated with the storm, the Bay Pines VA is transfering approximately 100 patients currently admitted for care at the C.W. Bill Young VA Medical Center to other VA facilities in Florida.