Mississippi Veterans Medical Center Completes 1,400-Mile Outreach Tour; Seven-City Town Halls Bring Services to Veterans' Doorsteps
The G.V. (Sonny) Montgomery VA Medical Center in Jackson recently completed its fiscal year 2026 Veterans Town Hall tour, with staff bringing leadership, services, and resources to seven communities across the state, traveling more than 1,400 miles. The tour covered the seven cities where the medical system operates community clinics: Hattiesburg, Meridian, Greenville, McComb, Columbus, Kosciusko, and Natchez, with round trips ranging from 142 to 308 miles. Acting Executive Director Rolanda Webb said community clinics are an important link in serving veterans statewide, and expanding services means stepping outside the medical center's walls and bringing services to veterans. At each town hall, veterans could speak directly with medical center leadership and ask about primary care, community care, enrollment, whole health, suicide prevention, and toxic exposures. The Veterans Benefits Administration, the American Legion, and other veteran service organizations and local groups also took part. The medical system serves more than 54,000 enrolled veterans, covering 53 counties in Mississippi and three parishes in Louisiana, and hundreds of veterans, family members, and community members attended this round of the tour.
Source: U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Published by GSM · USA (original Chinese edition)
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