Four U.S. cities are in line to get new VA Hospitals during the next few years including Denver, Las Vegas, Orlando and a hospital in New Orleans. The new VA hospital in the Big Easy will replace the one destroyed by Hurricane Katrina in 2005.<\/p>\n
The Department of Veterans Affairs has earmarked about $792 million of the fiscal year 2012 budget toward the final stages of completion for the new hospitals. That is less than one half of a percent of the VA\u2019s massive $140 billion budget.<\/p>\n
The new VA Hospital in New Orleans is under construction in the mid-city area of town. Congress appropriated funds for a new VA hospital in New Orleans in 2006 after Hurricane Katrina destroyed the city\u2019s former facility. <\/p>\n
The Replacement Medical Center in New Orleans is a 1.5 million square foot hospital with 120 inpatient beds and 60 beds for transitional care. The new VA hospital is (more…)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Four U.S. cities are in line to get new VA Hospitals during the next few years including Denver, Las Vegas, Orlando and a hospital in New Orleans. The new VA hospital in the Big Easy will replace the one destroyed…<\/span><\/p>\n