Coffman Bill Takes Aim at VA

WASHINGTON — Following the dismissal of the top Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) official in charge of construction, Rep. Mike Coffman, R-Colo., introduced legislation on March 26 that would help get the Aurora, Colo., VA hospital built while holding the VA accountable for its failures.

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Shriners Opens New Children’s Hospital

LEXINGTON, Ky. — Shriners from Kentucky, Tennessee, West Virginia, Ohio and Indiana joined local Shriners Hospital for Children, as well as Lexington representatives, Shriners patients, Lexington Mayor Jim Gray and officials from the University of Kentucky (UK) and UK HealthCare in a groundbreaking ceremony to mark the beginning of construction of the new $47 million Shriners Hospitals for Children Medical Center at the University of Kentucky in Lexington.

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