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We have lived here over 30 years, the hospital was there when my little girl wreaked her bike and got hurt pretty good. The emergency room and hospital was there to help her recover. They have spent millions building a new modern hospital, just to then tell us about the downgrade to a clinic. This is the second largest training installation in the Army, so it makes no sense especially when we are in a rural community without civilian medical facilities close by.
We can't lose this hospital. We already have to drive an hour and half for 80% of our referred care, the number of providers that take our insurance dwindles by the day, and it's flat out dangerous for us to have the nearest ER over 30 minutes away. We don't even have a walk in clinic nearby that takes our insurance. Without this hospital, you may as well shut down the base. Your DSs will spend more time off of the installation than with the trainees they're supposed to be with.
My husband is a veteran and his local VA Clinic does not offer all the procedures sometimes necessary we must travel an hour and a half away to a VA Hospital. As we age this is becoming more difficult. (Eye sight isn’t what it use to be). Therefore, we have had to spend more money on an Advanced Plan for him in case of an emergency so he can be seen by medical professionals in our own area. Please help your state’s veterans! Thank you for your attention to our veterans.
As the wife and mother of Veterans, I find this totally unacceptable. The old hospital NEEDS to be replaced with the new hospital they've been building, not some little clinic! Have you ever driven in Missouri in the winter??? Or at all?? People shouldn't have to drive for hours to get to a hospital when they may only have minutes to live, and our Veterans damn well deserve better! You've put so much money into building the new hospital that you KNOW they need, it makes no sense at all to stop and change it now. Whatever your issue is, fix it - and finish the new hospital!