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VA to Close 14 Hospitals and 17 VA Offices Nationwide
The Veterans Administration announced plans to close 14 hospitals and 17 regional offices, transfer functions to nearby sites, and aim to complete by June 30. About 6,000 beds are affected, with 3,000 domiciliary beds, and staff will be offered other jobs. Key closures include hospitals in Bath New York Castle Point New York Clinton Iowa Dwight Illinois Fort Bayard New Mexico Grand Junction Colorado Lincoln Nebraska McKinney Texas Miles City Montana Rutland Heights Massachusetts Sunmount New York Thomasville Georgia White City Oregon and the Brecksville Tuberculosis Division in Ohio. Regional offices in Manchester New Hampshire and White River Junction Vermont will close, to be merged into Boston and other cities, with several other offices moved to St Paul Denver Seattle Philadelphia Buffalo New Orleans and New York City areas. The move is opposed by northern New England lawmakers but expected to pass.