Sun City veterans clinic celebrates new offices

Mary Bono, U.S. congresswoman from the 44th congressional district, cuts the ribbon to officially open the Sun City Primary Care Clinic. Assisting her are Dwight Evans, MD (left), vice president for ambulatory care, Jerry L. Pettis Memorial Veterans Medical Center in Loma Linda; H. Roger Hadley, MD, president, Loma Linda University Health Care (second from left); Betty Wells, the first female veteran patient to be seen at the clinic (third from right); William H. Densmore, director, Riverside County Department of Veterans Service; and members of the Greater Menifee Valley Chamber of Commerce.

The Jerry L. Pettis Memorial Veterans Medical Center (JLPMVMC) recently celebrated a new location for its Sun City Primary Care Clinic.

The clinic, which provides care to 2,000 veterans, makes VA medical care more accessible and closer to veterans' homes. It will provide primary care, routine laboratory testing, and x-rays. Patients requiring specialty care will be referred to JLPMVMC in Loma Linda.

The Veterans Administration emphasis on outpatient care reflects a trend in American medicine, with new technology allowing many conditions that once required hospitalization to be treated on an outpatient basis.

The clinic is a model for VA hospitals throughout the nation due to the innovative partnership with LLUMC and LLUHC. Physicians and support personnel from LLUHC staff the clinic, and VA administrative staff are on-site weekly to assist veterans in registering.

[Scope, Autumn 2000]

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